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Recovering True Names of the Formerly Enslaved in Sussex County, Delaware

By Zoe Davis • October 26, 2024
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  • From Manumissions in Somerset and Worcester County Land Records, 1825-1866
    Record #1143
    Name (Slaveowner)
    Long, Edward
    Name (Enslaved person)
    Roberts, David alias Logy
    Document Date
    18 Jul 1865
    County
    Somerset
    Name (Slaveowner)
    Long, Edward
    Name (Enslaved person)
    Roberts, David alias Logy
    Additional Information
    USCT; 9th regiment
    Document Date
    18 Jul 1865
    County
    Somerset
    Liber
    LW 8
    Folio
    714
    State
    Maryland
    Alt. Terms
    —
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  • From Certificates of Freedom in Somerset County, 1821-1864
    Record #350
    County
    Somerset
    Name
    Brown, Ned alias Gant
    Deed Executed By
    –
    Document Date
    1823 Sep 22
    County
    Somerset
    Gender
    M
    Name
    Brown, Ned alias Gant
    Proof of Freedom
    NG
    Deed Information
    –
    Deed Executed By
    –
    Height
    5' 8"
    Complexion
    Dark
    Age
    32
    Document Date
    1823 Sep 22
    Citation
    CR47,251-5
    Page
    17
    PDF Page
    14
    Other Notes
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • From 1810 U.S Census Free Black Heads of Household
    Record #272
    State
    Delaware
    County
    Sussex
    Name
    Laws, Glasgow
    State
    Delaware
    County
    Sussex
    Name
    Laws, Glasgow
    Number in Household
    6
    Page in Original Document
    387
    Transcriber Note
    –
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  • From 1800 U.S. Census Free Black Heads of Household
    Record #332
    State
    Delaware
    County
    Sussex
    Name
    Turner, Sambo
    Number of People in Household
    3
    State
    Delaware
    County
    Sussex
    District
    Nanticoke
    Name
    Turner, Sambo
    Number of People in Household
    3
    Page (in original document)
    342
    Transcriber Notes
    –
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  • From Sussex County, Delaware Tax Assessments, 1801-1868
    Record #194
    District
    Dagsborough
    Year
    1809
    Free Black Name
    Negro Sambo Morris
    Slaveowner Name
    –
    Name of Enslaved Persons Assessed
    –
    State
    Delaware
    County
    Sussex
    District
    Dagsborough
    Year
    1809
    Gender
    –
    PDF File
    187
    Free Black Name
    Negro Sambo Morris
    Slaveowner Name
    –
    Property Assessed
    (1) Old Horse $6. Personal Tax $134.
    Name of Enslaved Persons Assessed
    –
    Total Amount Taxed
    $140.00
    Notes
    –
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  • Record #1696
    District
    Lewes and Rehobeth Hundred
    Year
    1809
    Free Black Name
    Mingo Jacobs
    Slaveowner Name
    –
    Name of Enslaved Persons Assessed
    –
    State
    Delaware
    County
    Sussex
    District
    Lewes and Rehobeth Hundred
    Year
    1809
    Gender
    M
    PDF File
    25
    Free Black Name
    Mingo Jacobs
    Slaveowner Name
    –
    Property Assessed
    2 oxen, 2 ordinary horses - 30
    Name of Enslaved Persons Assessed
    –
    Total Amount Taxed
    164
    Notes
    –
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  • From Upper Shore Manumissions (Maryland State Archives: Beneath the Underground database)
    Record #214
    County
    Dorchester
    Slave Owner Last Name
    Kirby
    First Name
    Daffa
    Last Name
    –
    Date Manumitted
    1840-01-01
    Details
    Alias: Daffana Folder: 95 Item: 1 Notes: Witnessed by Charles Vickars, James Houston, and Jeremia…
    Age
    24
    County
    Dorchester
    Date
     
    Document
    1
    Slave Owner First Name
    John
    Slave Owner Last Name
    Kirby
    Sex
    F
    First Name
    Daffa
    Last Name
    –
    Date Manumitted
    1840-01-01
    Date Recorded
    1829-01-01
    Details
    Alias: Daffana
    Folder: 95
    Item: 1
    Notes: Witnessed by Charles Vickars, James Houston, and Jeremiah Wright. Received and recorded January 1, 1829 in Liber ER no. 1 folio 150.
    Series: c3080
    Transcriber Notes
    –
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  • From Certificates of Freedom in Dorchester County, Maryland 1806-1864
    Record #1768
    Date Manumission Certificate Issued
    6/25/1862
    Name
    Samuel Henry Barnes, alias Samuel Harman
    Height
    5' 5 1/2"
    Complexion
    chestnut complexion
    Other Descriptors
    large scar on right hand occasioned by a burn
    Freedom Information and Age
    Age abt 32 yrs. Born free & raised in Worcester Cty. Identified by Thomas A. Spence.
    County
    Dorchester
    Page
    119
    Date Manumission Certificate Issued
    6/25/1862
    Name
    Samuel Henry Barnes, alias Samuel Harman
    Height
    5' 5 1/2"
    Complexion
    chestnut complexion
    Other Descriptors
    large scar on right hand occasioned by a burn
    Freedom Information and Age
    Age abt 32 yrs. Born free & raised in Worcester Cty. Identified by Thomas A. Spence.
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