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

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Record #141 from Handsell Plantation Enslaved Peoples Database

Name John Driver
Slaveowner Free or enslaved?
Date of Birth
Manumitted
Reference Source Mary Steele?s Will
Content In 1836, Mary mentions a property on the NW side of the Blackwater River that was ?for many years occupied by a colored man named John Driver?. She leaves property to son Charles H. Steele.
Other Notes John Driver, free colored, 1830 Census, 7 living in the household, Dorchester County

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