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

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Record #672 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Hannah?, Toney, Daniel, Lidge, Rachel, Cloe, Dick, Annes, Sarah, George & Rachel
Name of Slaveholder James Petty John
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned
Volume Q16
Page 349
Date 11 Sept 1798
Conditions To Be Free all to be free from service now
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person Hannah? & her children: Toney & Daniel, now at the breast; man Lidge & his wife Rachel & their 6 children: Cloe, Dick, Annes, Sarah, George & Rachel (child at the breast)- "total 13 Negroes? " [don't see 2 others]

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