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

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Record #829 from Slave Sales in Somerset and Worcester County land records, 1825-1864

County Somerset
Liber LH
Folio 270
Seller N/A certificate of intention
Buyer Wright, Charles; free negro
Slave Charles Wright, born free of coloured woman
Additional Information (price, other items) Certificate of intention to remove & return to Md. Travel out of Md to Sussex De for short time to visit wife residing with Joseph Philips in De & then to return to So Md
Year 1840
Date 11 Mar 1840
Sold out of state or to possible slave dealer No

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