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to oontinue to serve the persons to whom they are allotted until they come of age, boys 2]. and the girls at 18 when they are to be offered to the Colonization Society to be transported to Liberia. None of them are to be forced to go. Those that do not go to Liberia are to continue to serve the persons to who~n they are allotted until they are willing to go. Three persons by itame to be hired out the seventh year after the death and the money arising from said hire to be given to those that first go to Liberia, ~lO.OO a piece if there should be so much and the balance given to the next ones to go.“

	“In the will of Robert Lewis, February 20, 1799, he sets three of his slaves free and gives thera the use of 200 acres of the northwest of the Ohio, their life time. There were to be five hired out until their hire amounts to 120 pounds each, then they were to be freed. As the other younger slaves become of age, they are to be freed.‘t

	From the following will dated June 22, 1840 it shows the slaves were able to accumalate an estates
	“Allan, Charles	Juno 22, 1840	Oct 26, 1840

	tIA free man of color. Estate to be sold and the proceeds distributed as follows: To Ester Graves, a woman of color belonging to the heirs of Rice ~A~rno1d, $100.00; balance of money to he divided equally between the children ‘I claim to be mine‘. Jerrett, Charles, Ester, Carolina, Granvill and E~nile~ all children of aforesaid. Charlotte Arnold and all beloiiging to the heirs of Rice Arnold and also Sally, Alfred, Ma±‘y, L~øy, Hulda, Catharine, and Maud, ohildren of Ester Graves aforesaid, slaves of Bengamine Graves; also two children of Mary Allan, a slave belonging to Patsey Allan names Lesa and Carolina, the sixteen children to receive s.n equal share of the money arising from the sale of his . estate.“

~	~ Clark County did not ~ have an auction block or slave market but every