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SLAVERY - ALABAMA] 1849 probate inventory of slaves . Wilcox County: 29 December 1849. 8 page folding legal document, the sheets affixed at ends forming a document easily read on a table-top, being the manuscript inventory of slaves and other property inherited from the estate of Stephen Palmer, with docketing and the signatures of various administrators and the Justice of the Peace. The document unfolding to approximately 33 x 16 inches (84 x 40 cm). Folds, small stains or chips, well preserved overall. This inventory, ordered by the Orphans Court, names over 50 slaves owned by the estate of Stephen Palmer. C