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

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Record #1583 from Wills from Sussex County, Delaware, 1751-1883

State Delaware
County Sussex
Liber: Folio D4:301
Date (Signed) 5/1/1790
Date (Probate) 5/12/1790
Deceased Mary Smith
Heirs Negro man Phillip
Abstract that he shall be a free man to work for himself and not to serve any other person. Also one gray horse. That Phillips sould tend the crop and save that now planted and have one fourth part of all te corn and fodder

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