A White man's awakening

[chowder66]

8. I've tried tracing the slaves that were named in old family wills

I only had luck with one family and sent it to them when I found them at Ancestry.com.
Unfortunately, I haven't had time to trace some others which I have recently found but will try when time allows.

It's very difficult to a) read the wills b) acknowledge it was your bloodline c) some of the wording just shocks me.

The last will I found basically willed the slaves and their "issue" to their children and their heirs... and the heirs heirs into perpetuity.
It hit me hard to read that these people thought slavery would last forever and they would own their offspring until the end of time.

I think that will haunt me until I am no more.