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

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Record #816 from Abstracts of the Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia 1800-1860

County Accomack
Name Robins, Margaret Ker
Date (written/proved/probated or recorded) xAug 1815/26 Sep 1815
Abstract All my Negroes which were devised to me by my father & their descendants shall be free at expiration of the year in which I depart this life. As Extrs. of my dec'd husband hold a bond which was given to restore said Negroes or return their value to his estate, my land should be sold to satisfy the bond or value of my Negroes to secure their freedom.
Main Source Reference 1814-16 w&c, p. 329

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