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

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Record #83 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Richard, Darkey
Name of Slaveholder Jacob Morine
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned
Volume AC26
Page 203
Date 1 Apr 1808
Conditions To Be Free Richard free1 Apr 1808, girl Darkey free after 1 Aug 1821, to serve me ...until free?
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person "holding of my fellow man in perpetual bondage and slavery is contrary to the Laws of God"

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