There was also a practice in Perq. Co, where the Sons were given land and the Daughters were given slaves as part of her Dower. There were also laws against the freeing of slaves, There are many wills written in Perq. which gave slaves their freedom and sometimes land and even the Plantation with someone, usually Quaker, to oversee them that they were not disturbed in their freedom, William Feltons will is an example. and there were many more. So if they were a leading member of the Quaker Church and their wife inherited several slaves, then what? Selling them to someone who may mistreat them would be even worse. Richard R.