This document is the last will and testament of Mary Magdalen Poyas. Makes the notation that her two female slaves, Lydia and Sarah, are free upon her death.
This document is a court case discussing a law suit to recover wages brought by Lydia Witten, a midwife who delivered the child of a slave women (referenced as "negro woman") without the consent of her master.
These documents are financial accounts detailing the sale of a group of sixty-one enslaved people and their buyers, referenced as "negroes" who are named in the document as well as lands owned by the estate of Thomas Farr.
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