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

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Record #85 from Handsell Plantation Enslaved Peoples Database

Name Eliza
Slaveowner James B Steele
Date of Birth 1832
Manumitted
Reference Source 1861 Inv
Content Valued at $350. Hired out with her two children to W. S. Corbin in 1857 for $30. Hired out to H. Nicholson with one child in 1860 for $29.50. Both hires listed as desperate (uncollectable).
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