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North Carolina, Supreme Court, Raleigh : Leary (executor) v Nash et al, December 1857

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Raleigh, North Carolina : North Carolina Supreme Court, 1857.
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Adam Matthew Digital (Firm) and North Carolina. Division of Archives and History
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A bill filed to get advice on the will of Solomon W Nash. It included the following instructions: I leave my negro slave woman Venice, to serve my daughters 10 years from the time of my death, and after the expiration of that time, I desire her to be freed. She was hired out during the ten years and the proceeds divided amongst the daughters. The will did not cover Venice's two children, who remained slaves. Her increase needed to be specifically mentioned if the provision for emancipation was to apply to her children as well. Thus, Venice had to choose to leave the State and be emancipated, or to remain a slave so that she could stay with her children. The son, John, one of the defendants, who was not mentioned in the will, because he had been born after it was written, was still entitled to his filial share.
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Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2007. Digitized from a copy held by the North Carolina State Archives.
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North Carolina State Archives
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Material sourced from the North Carolina State Archives
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