Hi Listers, Perhaps listing the person as a servant to the family from year to year. name and age, if taken the owners surname. ~hum.Linda~ Words are the window to the Heart.

If the slave has taken the owners name, then it might help to see if he/she is in a probate as inherited "goods:" . I would not try to change the reality by listing as servant if he or she is a slave. I have seen slaves listed in probates in Lib. of Va. records, and sold at settlement of estates and who bought them. An extremely helpful book,if anyone is interested in what life was like for some free negros and slaves is The Known World by Edward P Jones. Alice D. ----- Original Message ----- From: "hum.linda" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 9:23 PM Subject: Re: [NORCAL] Servant/Slave > Hi Listers, > Perhaps listing the person as a servant to the family from year to year. > name and age, if taken the owners surname. > > ~hum.Linda~ > Words are the window to the Heart. > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > NORCAL ARCHIVES: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. > Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. > ----------------------------------------- > To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message