54:. In his will, Elisha reiterated his execution of emancipation for the two and left all of his property to his son John Munroe Brazealle. After his executors took charge of his estate, his relatives contested the will. They claimed that John Munroe Brazealle was still a slave and that slaves could not inherit property.
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