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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) NEW JERSEY. "I Gitty Smucker . . . give unto my black woman Jane two kitchen iron pots, one old breakfast table, and six old silver tea spoons." Large folio leaf, folded to form four pages, written on two sides; creases where folded; paper evenly toned with a few light stains, signed by Ms. Smucker and three witnesses. South Brunswick, NJ, 1811
The very detailed and unusual last will and testament of one Gitty Smucker in which she not only describes virtually every one of her possessions, and to whom she is willing it, but includes a generous inheritance to her "black woman Jane." There is no mention of who gets Jane, though it is probably understood to be her husband. She also gives her husband "Garret Smucker the use of the five hundred pounds he has in his possession of my money, together with all my household, kitchen furniture and lining (sic) during his life, at his Death to be disposed of as follows."
