| County | Talbot |
|---|---|
| Liber:Folio | JP6:135 |
| Date of Will (Written) | 8/15/1797 |
| Probate Date | 12/09/186 |
| Name of Deceased/Testator | Samuel Cooper, physician, late of Maryland now of Philadelphia, Pa. |
| Heirs/Legatee | Negroes |
| Abstract | "having always abhorred slavery in every step I have freed all my negroes by executing as I apprehend proper manumissions" however should there be a problem with the manumissions," then Negroes boys to be free at age of 21 & girls free at age 18 & that executors should if necessary procure suitable places for the young children & to secure to them the opportunity of obtaining a little school learning. Instructions to executors include selling plantations in Talbot & part of the money used for providing for Negroes; the rest to go to Pennsylvania Hospital. |
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