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

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Record #110 from Handsell Plantation Enslaved Peoples Database

Name Hooper Hooper Hooper
Slaveowner Mary N Steele to John N Steele John N Steele to James B Steele James B Steele
Date of Birth 1827
Manumitted
Reference Source 1836 Will 1854 Estate 1861 Inv
Content Gives Titus along with Margaret Rose, Dinah, Dick and Hooper, Bob and Margaret (of Lucy) and most earnestly entreat that he should never sell them. 1854 Estate of John N Steele sells to brother James B. Steele Valued at $500
Other Notes These three could be the same person.

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