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To: stand watie
It reminds me of the (apocryphal?) story of an Indian chief who was asked what one piece of advice he would give the U.S. President: "Watch your immigration policies!"

Re: Jackson owning slaves. His wife had slaves ... who owned them? Was legal ownership never transferred from her father? If it was, wouldn't the husband (Jackson) be the legal owner, even though he scrupulously spoke of "your (Anna's) garden," "your orchard," etc.? I admit I'm not up on marital-property law of the time.
70 posted on 01/07/2004 9:51:27 AM PST by Tax-chick (I reserve the right to disclaim all January 2004 posts after the BABY is born!)
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To: Tax-chick
i have NOT checked Stonewall's father-in-laws tax records.

VA's "femme sole laws" as well as "dower & curtsy acts" (passed in the early 1700s) do NOT grant a wife's separate property to her husband upon marriage. all her SEPARATE property remains SEPARATE & passes upon her death to her children, if any. (incidently, i found out about this the hard way when my late wife passed away in 1984. her FATHER received V.K.'s separate property, as she passed away w/o children! i got ZILCH from her estate.)

HIS separate property is SHARED with his wife upon marriage 50/50! (my wife's family got 1/2 of my property upon her death, because she had no living children to inherit her 1/2 of our marital property.)

free dixie,sw

73 posted on 01/07/2004 10:00:03 AM PST by stand watie (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. ,T. Jefferson)
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To: Tax-chick
Thomas J. Jackson was noted for his respect of all black folk, freedmen and slaves. He started a Sunday school to teach the youngsters about the Lord and give them a basic education.
74 posted on 01/07/2004 10:01:36 AM PST by stainlessbanner
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