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

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Record #678 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Thomas
Name of Slaveholder Thomas Fisher of Broadkiln Hundred
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned
Volume Q16
Page 357
Date 2 Jan 1800
Conditions To Be Free to be free from today
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person 35 yo. To be known as Thomas Purnell

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