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

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Record #659 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Jenny West (Jainy Waples?)
Name of Slaveholder Burton West
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned
Volume Q16
Page 336
Date 8 Aug 1800
Conditions To Be Free $35 paid to Burton West
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person in consideration of faithful services by my old Mulatto woman called Jainy Waples.

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