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

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Record #535 from Wills from Sussex County, Delaware, 1751-1883

State Delaware
County Sussex
Liber: Folio L11:246
Date (Signed) 7/21/1855
Date (Probate) 8/14/1855
Deceased Mary Elzey, widow of Robert Elzey
Heirs Negroes [unnamed]
Abstract to be free and discharged from servitude and that they each one shall be free immediately after the testatrix's death and not to be held in bondage

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