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

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Record #106 from Handsell Plantation Enslaved Peoples Database

Name Henry Johnson (son of Sophy Johnson)
Slaveowner I. Nevett Steele
Date of Birth 1838
Manumitted 16 Nov 1846
Reference Source
Content Son of Sophy Johnson. Manumitted by I Nevett Steele and Mary Murray (cousins) in Anne Arundel County.
Other Notes 1852 Henry Johnson, negro, listed in the Vienna Assessment of Property.

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