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Document: Partial Division of the Slaves of Elizabeth Lane

Identifier: 2017.1.147
Object titles: Partial Division of the Slaves of Elizabeth Lane
Acquisition and Creation Dates:
Acquisition Date 1965 - 2012
Date Cataloged April 6 2017
Object Source Information: RHS Archives,RHS reference
Description: Rappahannock County Will Book C pgs 291-297. John Lane owned 81 slaves. He left his wife Elizabeth 29 slaves in his will. In December 1852 she asked that all but 8 of these slaves be divided among her children.

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