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

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Record #1437 from Wills from Caroline, Kent, and Talbot Counties of Maryland, 1688-1886

County Talbot
Liber:Folio JHH10:332
Date of Will (Written) 2/6/1849
Probate Date 3/8/1859
Name of Deceased/Testator Mary Hayward
Heirs/Legatee Negroes
Abstract "It is my last request that to whomever I have devised my servants, they shall never be permitted to sell them to the latest generation, except they prefer it and then they shall have a choice of their home. If they do sell them, the owner shall forfeit them and the said servant shall be free."

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