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

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Record #5 from Instruments of Freedom, Deeds and Wills of Emancipation Northampton County, Virginia 1782 to 1864

Page 19
Name of Enslaver John Stratton, Jun.
Document type Deed of Emancipation
Abstract Information about the Enslaved Person/People all negroes that I am possessed of: liverpool man 39, Esther girl 18, Judah 12, Abel 12, peter, son of peg, 7 and Peter, son of Elizabeth, 7 yo. Liverpool from this day, Esther, Judah, Abel, Peter (son of Pegg) and Peter (son of Elizabeth) when they arrive at 21 yo. Signed 1 Jan 788.
Date 8 July 1788

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