It has been recently decided in a New York court that a person born a slave cannot inherit property.\u00a0 A\u00a0 woman,\u00a0 formerly a slave in Virginia, claimed the estate of her uncle, who died in New York. \u00a0The right\u00a0 to recover was resisted on the ground\u00a0 that the plaintiff had not inheritable blood, because the laws of Virginia did not allow marriage among slaves, who were mere chattels, legally incapable of marriage, of family relationship, and of owning, transmitting, and inheriting real estate.<\/p>\n
(Liberator<\/em>,\u00a0 Nov\u00a0 10, 1865, pg 4)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It has been recently decided in a New York court that a person born a slave cannot inherit property.\u00a0 A\u00a0 woman,\u00a0 formerly a slave in Virginia, claimed the estate of…<\/p>\n