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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mstdn.social/users/IAmDannyBoling/statuses/112299949705640501">Danny Boling ☮️ (iamdannyboling@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 20-May-2024 05:16:41 JST</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/@IAmDannyBoling" title="iamdannyboling@mstdn.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/55404-48-20221206184908.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Danny Boling ☮️" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Danny Boling ☮️</a></section><article><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TIL" rel="tag">#TIL</a> the "value" of the slaves one of my relatives "owned" back in 1857 and now I'm sick to my stomach. 😭 </p><p>(I was looking over some of my family's ancestry docs. It's one thing to know your family tree includes slave owners, which I already did. It's quite another to discover some of the nuance of what that actually meant.)</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Ancestry" rel="tag">#Ancestry</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Genealogy" rel="tag">#Genealogy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Slaves" rel="tag">#Slaves</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Slave" rel="tag">#Slave</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Race" rel="tag">#Race</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Black" rel="tag">#Black</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BlackAndWhite" rel="tag">#BlackAndWhite</a>  <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LastWillAndTestament" rel="tag">#LastWillAndTestament</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CivilWar" rel="tag">#CivilWar</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Valuation" rel="tag">#Valuation</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Value" rel="tag">#Value</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Property" rel="tag">#Property</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Freedom" rel="tag">#Freedom</a>  </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/IAmDB" rel="tag">#IAmDB</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/3114048#notice-6168847">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-05-20T05:16:41+09:00" title="Monday, 20-May-2024 05:16:41 JST">about 6 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mstdn.social/@IAmDannyBoling/112299949705640501" rel="external" title="Sent from mstdn.social via ActivityPub">mstdn.social</a></span></span><a href="https://mstdn.social/@IAmDannyBoling/112299949705640501">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/2663386">A screenshot of genealogy documentation showing part of the Last Will and Testament of a white man on my Mom's side of the family, which was drafted in February, 1857, in Leon County, Texas: 
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Recorded in Vol. 1 pages 335-354. Probate Minutes in and for Leon Co., Texas. "A true and perfect inventory and just appraisement of all and singular the goods and chattles that were of William Blackshear, dec’d’’: George valued at $1200, Caleb valued at $S00, Hal valued at $1100, Handy—$1200, Dick—$1100, Dow—$1200, Elia—$1000, Nathan—$1000, Henry—$400, Caesan—$350, Caesan, Jr.,— $500, Henry, Jr.,—$450, Giles—$1000, Edy—$750, Francis and Child—$1000, Olles—$400, Pegay—$300, Mary—$400, Kitty— - $750, Maggy—$700, Adaline—$900, Eliza—$750, Adam—$600, Prinee—$200, Clark—$500, Jack—$800, Aaron—$700, Noel— $350, Raney—$250, Lon Jr.—$350, Mary—$900, Betsy—$900, Sam—$100, Austin—$100, Gus—$100, Tom—$100, Ginney— $350, Mary Jane—$300, Martha—$320, Winny—$450, Solomon—$425, Frank—$50, Acalos—$300, Sarah—$250, Dilly Jr.</a></label><br><a href="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/112/299/718/622/113/454/original/8e5011b261567bcd.png" rel="external">https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/112/299/718/622/113/454/original/8e5011b261567bcd.png</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Danny Boling ☮️ (iamdannyboling@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 20-May-2024 05:16:41 JST Danny Boling ☮️
#TIL the "value" of the slaves one of my relatives "owned" back in 1857 and now I'm sick to my stomach. 😭
(I was looking over some of my family's ancestry docs. It's one thing to know your family tree includes slave owners, which I already did. It's quite another to discover some of the nuance of what that actually meant.)
#Ancestry #Genealogy #Slaves #Slave #Race #Black #BlackAndWhite #LastWillAndTestament #CivilWar #Valuation #Value #Property #Freedom
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1. A screenshot of genealogy documentation showing part of the Last Will and Testament of a white man on my Mom's side of the family, which was drafted in February, 1857, in Leon County, Texas: ___ Recorded in Vol. 1 pages 335-354. Probate Minutes in and for Leon Co., Texas. "A true and perfect inventory and just appraisement of all and singular the goods and chattles that were of William Blackshear, dec’d’’: George valued at $1200, Caleb valued at $S00, Hal valued at $1100, Handy—$1200, Dick—$1100, Dow—$1200, Elia—$1000, Nathan—$1000, Henry—$400, Caesan—$350, Caesan, Jr.,— $500, Henry, Jr.,—$450, Giles—$1000, Edy—$750, Francis and Child—$1000, Olles—$400, Pegay—$300, Mary—$400, Kitty— - $750, Maggy—$700, Adaline—$900, Eliza—$750, Adam—$600, Prinee—$200, Clark—$500, Jack—$800, Aaron—$700, Noel— $350, Raney—$250, Lon Jr.—$350, Mary—$900, Betsy—$900, Sam—$100, Austin—$100, Gus—$100, Tom—$100, Ginney— $350, Mary Jane—$300, Martha—$320, Winny—$450, Solomon—$425, Frank—$50, Acalos—$300, Sarah—$250, Dilly Jr.
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