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

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Record #623 from Dorchester County Circuit Court, Chattel Records, 1847-1860

County Dorchester
Volume 805
Page Number 499
Buyer or Manumitted Person Alexina Parks
Seller or Owner Hugh Nield
Transaction Type Deed of Manumission
Date 21 May 1860
Transaction Abstract Hugh Nield manumits Negro slave Alexina Parks. Her freedom to commence from the day of Nield's death. Signed 19 May 1860.

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