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

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Record #229 from Manumissions in Somerset and Worcester County Land Records, 1825-1866

Name (Slaveowner) Wallace, Arnold
Name (Enslaved person) _Biddy
Additional Information Wallace is free negro, Biddy his 9 yo daughter; Biddy purchased from Poindexter Dennis -bill of sale Jan 1830; to be free when Biddy 25
Document Date 1830 Jan 23
County Somerset
Liber GH 5
Folio 161

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