[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Manuscript last will and testament of enslaver Daniel Abbott, naming nine enslaved men, women, and children. District of Laurens, SC, 30 October 1800.
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Feb 23, 2022
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[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Manuscript last will and testament of enslaver Daniel Abbott, naming nine enslaved men, women, and children. District of Laurens, SC, 30 October 1800.
2pp, 12 1/4 x 14 3/4 in. (approx. 2 1/4 in. tear along bottom at vertical center fold, chipping at edges, light soil).
Daniel Abbott (ca 1755 - ca 1800) was a Revolutionary War veteran whose South Carolina estate consisted of "Eight hundred and fifty acres." His last will and testament leaves to his wife "...one negro man named Titus, another negro man named Quipet [?] another negro man Lewis that has obsconded [sic] and one negro woman named Pender and her children to it Willis Fenton [Pinton?] and Isaiah and Zachariah & Alford...." The United States Federal Census of 1800 cites Abbott as enslaving 8 individuals.
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