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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION--MISSISSIPPI.) 1862, Civil War Period Will and Testament of Joseph Cooper. two pages small 4to, with a third folio leaf from an 1864 Probate Court decision regarding the will. Hinds County, Miss., 1862-1864
An unusual 1862 Last Will and Testament of Joseph Cooper, dividing his slaves among his children. 'Given my son J.J. Cooper the following slaves—Edmond, Sam and Mose. . .I have also heretofore unto my son Jas. N. Cooper the following slaves, Baltimore, Alvin, Frances and Jack. . .I have also given my little granddaughter Pattie—a slave girl named Margaret. . .I will that the balance of my boy Negroes be equally divided between my sons. . .The slave Eliza I will to live with whichever of my children or their heirs she desires to stay, taking him at his valuation-Old Maria I wish to live whichever of my children or heirs she desires to. Mary, the daughter of Eliza and her child Hennie, I will to be liberated whenever this can be done—If the laws of the state of Confederacy will not permit the emancipation of slaves then I wish she have her own choice as to which of my children or their heirs she will live with.'
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