Lancelott Moffett will
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CH_CA_2022_IC_005_078
Institutional Collections
Will of Lancelott Moffett in which he bequests several enslaved African Americans including Solomon, four year old Davis, eighteen year old woman Ib or Ibbe, sixteen year old Harriett, sixteen year old Caroline six month old boy Philip, all slaves for life. The will also states Moffett's wish that non of his slaves be sold outside the state. The back of the document lists the rend or value of the "house, Negros, stock, and other property."
MS0066-08-10-004 February 18 1838
wills
Slave labor, Slavery--Economic aspects--United States
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