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Smith's will left a number of enslaved persons, by name, to his grandchildren. The drafting of the will was intended to keep a substantial estate in trust for Smith's grandchildren; but the effect was otherwise. It was the subject of
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Mary (1740â1775) who married twice, having three children with her first husband
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390: ???? â 1776, Legacies of British Slave-ownership"
58:, to London, he brought five enslaved people with him.
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344:"www.parksandgardens.org, Brockwood Park"
550:Rev. Richard Smith, 1766 â 23rd Oct 1848
481:The Collected Letters of Charlotte Smith
280:Zimmerman, Sarah M. "Smith, Charlotte".
256:. University of Iowa Press. p. 59.
209:The Collected Letters of Charlotte Smith
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163:Slave Compensation Act 1837
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