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

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Record #702 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Harry, Isaac, & Stephen
Name of Slaveholder James Miller
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned
Volume Q16
Page 394
Date 22 Dec 1803
Conditions To Be Free to be free from today. They agree to cut and hall in dwelling house of Miller for sufficient wood & cut 5 acres of hay for as long as Miller & wife live
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person "…freedom is right of mankind…"

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