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

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Record #787 from Abstracts of Maryland County Land Records, 1769-1803

State Maryland
County Worcester
Liber: Folio K:407
Date (written/recorded) 1/24/1782
Grantor: Grantee
Abstract Sale of Negro. William Ballard of Somerset County, for 65 pounds paid by William Selby, sells a Negro girl named Lydda who is 15 years old.

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