tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787639059291673317.post5517199433800857518..comments2024-01-22T18:42:20.992-06:00Comments on My Genealogy Pondering: How My Hopes Were DashedBecky Higginshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04375430428083496025noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787639059291673317.post-13836019096270806092012-11-24T17:25:20.877-06:002012-11-24T17:25:20.877-06:00Thanks for the comment, JG. You're right, mayb...Thanks for the comment, JG. You're right, maybe Joseph did inherit. I'm sure I'll get over the shock:-)Becky Higginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04375430428083496025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787639059291673317.post-1290778051687825612012-11-24T16:48:41.759-06:002012-11-24T16:48:41.759-06:00I found that my great-grandfather (yes, that close...I found that my great-grandfather (yes, that close a relationship) kept his (inherited) slaves out of trouble with their local fire & brimstone preacher. (Check contemporary newspapers and church minutes.) See if slaves stuck around the area after they were freed, or even stayed as servants in the household. (I think some of ggf's did that, but not enough evidence yet.) There were as many ways to run plantations as there were plantations, and a man who owned slaves didn't necessarily buy them himself.JG in MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16029403745201344240noreply@blogger.com