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

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Record #803 from Sussex County, Delaware Tax Assessments, 1801-1868

State Delaware
County Sussex
District Dagsborough
Year 1841
Gender M
PDF File 880
Free Black Name
Slaveowner Name William D. Waples
Property Assessed
Name of Enslaved Persons Assessed (1) Negro Man "James" aged 25 years $100, (1) Negro Man Handy aged 30 years $100, (1) Negro Man "Bob" aged 40 $100, (1) Negro Man "Theodore" aged 22 years $100, (1) Negro Man "Gilbert" aged 22 years $100, (1) Negro Man "Jacob" aged 28 years $100, (1) Negro Man "William" aged 25 years $100, (1) Negro Man "George" aged 45 years $100, (1) Negro Boy "Peter" aged 18 years $80, (1) Negro Boy "Dyer" aged 16 years $70, (1) Negro Boy "Charles" aged 13, (1) Negro Boy "Thomas" aged 9 years $40, (1) Negro Woman "Hannah Wells" aged 40 years $40, (1) Negro Woman "Hannah Waples" aged 40 years $40, (1) Negro Woman "Eve" aged 26 years $00, (1) Negro Woman "Martha" aged 55 years $35, (1) Negro Woman "Jane" aged 18 years $80, (1) Negro Woman "Amy" aged 45 years $40, (1) Negro Girl "Mary Jane" aged 11 years $45, (1) Negro Girl "Sally Ann" aged 13 years $60, (1) Negro Girl "Mary" aged 10 years $40, (1) Negro Woman "Esther" $80. Personal Tax $134.
Total Amount Taxed $6,658.28
Notes Eve Cripple, Esther has two babies Emmaline and John

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