North Carolina, Supreme Court, Raleigh : Howell et al v Troutman, December 1860.

Will of Jacob Troutman, a very illiterate man, left certain property to the child of his housekeeper, a white woman. It was held that our law imposes no prohibition upon a man to prevent him from bestowing his property upon the object of his affection. Child of his housekeeper was a mulatto. Questio...

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Corporate Author:	Adam Matthew Digital (Firm) (digitiser.)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Series:	Slavery, abolition & social justice.
Subjects:	Enslaved children Court records Physicians Racially mixed people Wills North Carolina > Rowan County
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