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Researching Wills to Find Enslaved Ancestors

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Amy Peacock discusses the search for enslaved ancestors in documents of slaveholders. These records include: Deeds and Property Records, Wills, Sale of the Estate, Inventory of the Estate and Division of the Estate.

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