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Collection Reference Number GLC09102
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1700-1753 
Title Last will and testament freeing a slave
Date 26 April 1708
Author Leathes, William (fl. 1708)  
Document Type Legal document
Content Description "In the name of God Amen I William Leaths of the City and province of New York Sadler being very Sick and weak in Body but of perfect mind & memory...ordaine this my last Will and Testament...I give & bequeath unto my Servant Wan the Spanish Indian boy now living with me his freedom provided he serve my Loving wife. Seven years after my Decease." Includes the signatures of witnesses and sealed with red wax bearing the imprint of a skull and crossbones.
Subjects Religion  Death  American Indian History  Manumission  Latin and South America  Slavery  Children and Family  
People Leathes, William (fl. 1708)  
Theme Native Americans; Slavery & Abolition; Children & Family
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
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