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

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Record #72 from Abstracts of Petitions to Southern County Courts, 1775-1867

Part of Series B
Microfilm Reel in Collection Series 13
Microfilm Frame on Reel 940
Accession Number (identifies petition on microfilm) 20383502
County Sussex
State Delaware
Year Legislative Petition Filed 1835
Abstract of Petition Austin Spicer, James Hickman, Charles Jacobs, and Julia Jacobs contend that they are illegally detained as slaves. They request their freedom.

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