Delaware: Enslaved and free persons, and slaveholders(1836-1851)

This database is an ongoing project to index the names of enslaved persons and free persons, and slaveholders. Each entry refers to the source of the information.

The database currently contains all enslaved and free person names extracted from images of 1836-1851 wills in Sussex County, Delaware Will Books I and K as shown on Ancestry.com

Extraction of enslaved and free persons names from Familysearch.org’s Sussex County, Delaware probate records has begun and is not yet complete.

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last updated 22 March 2020