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

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Record #1094 from Wills from Sussex County, Delaware, 1751-1883

State Delaware
County Sussex
Liber: Folio G7:79
Date (Signed) 10/2/1816
Date (Probate) 10/11/1816
Deceased William Townsend, farmer
Heirs Negroes Draper & Abel
Abstract my blackman named Draper be free at my death and no longer to be a slave. My blackman Abel be free and serve no more.

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