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

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Record #631 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Levin
Name of Slaveholder Spencer Phillips
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned Sarah Phillips
Volume Q16
Page 219
Date 27 May 1799
Conditions To Be Free by will of Phillips' father John Phillips to be free at death of Spencer's mother Sarah to choose which child he would live with
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person 45 yo

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