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

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Record #779 from Abstracts of Maryland County Land Records, 1769-1803

State Maryland
County Worcester
Liber: Folio K:361
Date (written/recorded) 12/14/1780
Grantor: Grantee
Abstract Sale of Negro. Margaret Selby, for the sum of 5 pounds paid by Charles Parker, sells Negro boy named Jim (or James) who is the child of a Negro woman named Rhoda.

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