Deed of gift from John D. Terrell to his daughter, Alpha Neal, giving her a young slave woman "and her issue."
The deed specifically protects the gift from the control of Alpha's husband: "...the said John Thomas Neal, may have the use of the said negroe [sic] girl while he lives, as a husband to his wife and a father to his children, but that is all he shall have. This negroe is not to be subject...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/1734 |