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

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Record #93 from Instruments of Freedom, Deeds and Wills of Emancipation Northampton County, Virginia 1782 to 1864

Page 92
Name of Enslaver Leahannah Bradford
Document type Will
Abstract Information about the Enslaved Person/People I give my negro boy named jack to my son Ezrael Bradford till he is 23 yo with learning a trade & at the end of that time to go free. I give my Negro wenchnamed Leah to my daughter Susannah Bradford with all my cloaths & rent of Estate. Signed with her mark by Leahannah Bradford 5 Apr 1795. Northampton Co. Book of Wills & Inventories No. 30, pg 464
Date 14 Sept 1795

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