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

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Record #86 from Handsell Plantation Enslaved Peoples Database

Name Esther
Slaveowner I. Nevett Steele to Sam Higgins
Date of Birth
Manumitted 2/25/1856
Reference Source Deed of Sale
Content 1/2/1848 Steele sells Esther to Sam Higgins, to be freed 2/25/1856
Other Notes Bill of Sale del.d to Sam.l Higgins June 11th 1855. Archives of Maryland, Volume 0776, Page 0138 - Dorchester County Circuit Court, Chattel Records, 1852-1860

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