Deed of gift from John D. Terrell to his son, Edward G. Terrell, giving him the slave woman Delilah and her daughter, Abba.
The gift is conditional, however: "That if myself or Edwards [sic] mother my wife should in the events of life consider that either of us should stand in need of said negroes--then either of our own judgements [sic] shall rule and take the said Delilah to our service & use as well as her pr...
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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/1735 |