Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

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Record #623 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Josiah & Amey
Name of Slaveholder Solomon Moore
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned
Volume Q16
Page 211
Date 13 Nov 1797
Conditions To Be Free to be free after 1 Jan 1801. Amey tbf after 1 Jan 1800.
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person "…holding of my fellow men ….contrary to Laws of God…"

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