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

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Record #886 from Wills from Caroline, Kent, and Talbot Counties of Maryland, 1688-1886

County Talbot
Liber:Folio JP7:423
Date of Will (Written) 1/16/1813
Probate Date 8/25/1818
Name of Deceased/Testator James Beaty
Heirs/Legatee Benjamin Benny - executor
Abstract instructed that Negroes are not to be sold unless necessary to do so, and should it be necessary then they are not to be sold out of state.

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