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chowder66

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14. Here is some of that will.....

Fri Feb 28, 2025, 02:43 PM

Feb 2025

I give and bequeath unto my son James W my negro man Jesse to him and his heirs forever.
I give and bequeath unto my son Beverly my negro woman Mary to him and his heirs forever.
I give and bequeath unto my son Elijah my negro girl named Peggy to him and his heirs forever.
I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Nancy one negro woman named Sally also a negro girl named Caroline also my negro girl Martha to have and to hold and dispose of in any way she may think proper. I also will and bequeath to my wife Nancy three negro boys Charles, John and Bob also my negro woman Mehala and her child Jerry to hold during her natural life and after her death to be sold and the proceeds divided equally between all my children and their heirs.

Makes one's skin crawl reading that.

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Good Work!!!! Karadeniz Feb 2025 #1

Thank you for posting this. jrthin Feb 2025 #2

Thank you for doing this. LoisB Feb 2025 #3

So many things we whites never even think of, or that we were never taught, like obits in the paper. CrispyQ Feb 2025 #4

Unfortunately, this is "somewhat" true for Blacks. Dan Feb 2025 #5

Just curious, Dan -- 70sEraVet Feb 2025 #6

Small Town Dan Feb 2025 #10

My town is VERY small -- population 300 70sEraVet Feb 2025 #22

Nice ! Dan Feb 2025 #27

My apologies, Dan, for maybe sticking my nose where it doesn't belong.... 70sEraVet Feb 2025 #28

No harm, no foul. Dan Feb 2025 #29

Just wow JMCKUSICK Feb 2025 #7

Thanks much. 70sEraVet Feb 2025 #9

I've tried tracing the slaves that were named in old family wills chowder66 Feb 2025 #8

Wow! 70sEraVet Feb 2025 #11

I don't think it said "in perpetuity" exactly but instead "forever" which is the same thing. chowder66 Feb 2025 #12

He probably deserved worse. 70sEraVet Feb 2025 #16

Seems everyone was pretty happy with the outcome. chowder66 Feb 2025 #17

...... 70sEraVet Feb 2025 #25

Those cemeteries are all over the South in particular. I visited SC plantations live love laugh Feb 2025 #13

I look forward to your OP! 70sEraVet Feb 2025 #15

"Those cemeteries are all over the South in particular. " BumRushDaShow Feb 2025 #21

Great story on the efforts to preserve the burial grounds in Manhattan! 70sEraVet Feb 2025 #24

Here is some of that will..... chowder66 Feb 2025 #14

Thank you for that surfered Feb 2025 #18

Thank you for your work and for your post. NNadir Feb 2025 #19

An excellent work on documentation of slaves concerns Thomas Jefferson's African American family. NNadir Feb 2025 #20

It's vital to preserve Freedmen's Towns and Black Cemeteries Comrade Citizen Feb 2025 #23

Thank you DaBronx Feb 2025 #26