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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.)
ALABAMA.
Order to take possession
of Sarah, a yellow complexioned slave
woman and her four children, the
property William Delany, from Edward
Delany, his brother.
Single folio leaf
written on both sides, with several lines
crossed out; complex docketing with sev-
eral lines, and orders added on the reverse.
Northern Chancery, AL, 22 October 1851
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An interesting document suggesting some
intriguing possibilities. The Chancery Court
orders William Delany to give up Sarah and
her four children, adding that he is to “refrain
from removing or carrying the following prop-
erty Edward Delany has in his possession out
of this state, to wit Sarah a Negro woman
about thirty years old of yellow complexion and
her three children, the property of his late wife
Rebecca (late Adams) . . . “ Why William has
Edward’s slave and her family is never made
clear, although it seems that he did carry them
off. On the reverse is a note dated a week later
authorizing deputy sheriff Joseph Stanly to
proceed to seize Delany, Sarah and her four
(sic) children. There’s a hint here of something
possibly between Sarah and William?
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