1882-008, Exr. of Mrs. Nancy J. Fitchett vs. Patsy Hopkins and others:

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Estate dispute. Mrs. Fitchett in her 1863 noted her desire for the individuals she enslaved to be emancipated and sent to Liberia. The instead of leaving for Liberia, the Black indiviuals enslaved by Pitchett remained in Virginia during the Civil War. After the war, Mrs. Fitchett's heirs and those she formerly enslaved sued to receive their legacies from her will. The former enslaved individuals also received their part of the sale of the real estate formerly owned by Mrs. Fitchett.

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