This isn't a pretty way to put it but I wonder if they might show up on Assessor's Tax lists as chattel? ________________________________ From: Alice Duncan <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 11:00 PM Subject: Re: [NORCAL] Servant/Slave 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 ----------------------------------------- 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