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

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Record #85 from Manumissions in Sussex County Land Records, 1639-1843

Name of Enslaved Person(s) Honan?, Libido, Annass, boys Levin, Jerry, Daniel, John & Henry. Girls Sidney, Rose, Lydia & Ritty
Name of Slaveholder Clemont Ross
Previous Owner(s) Mentioned
Volume AC26
Page 244
Date 10 Nov 1806
Conditions To Be Free Honan to be free 25 Dec next & to serve 2 mos each year for 5 yrs to make childrens cloths then her increase to be free. I to fund her small house & garden for her family. Libido tbf in 3 yrs from 25 Dec next; during that time to have 1 month in each year. to be paid 12 pounds each year. Annass tbf 25 Dec 1807. boys tbf at 25 yo. Girls tbf at 21 yo.
Description, Age, and Other Information about Enslaved Person Honan - woman, Libido, man, Annss woman. "impropriety & injustice of Negro slavery"

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