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Property to Be Divided

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When his master dies without a will, Douglass and the other enslaved people on the plantation are inventoried alongside the livestock for an estate valuation, then reassigned among relatives before he is sent back to Baltimore.

Death of Captain Anthony, Douglass's masterEnslaved people valued alongside livestock for an estate settlementReassignment to Thomas AuldReturn to the Hugh Auld household in Baltimore

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