In his last will and testament, Thomas Moody directed that his slave Laury be placed with a person to learn "the art of weaving," and that, when she reached the age of twenty-one, she should be emancipated and allowed to remain in Virginia. Accordingly, the will's executor, Samuel Keiningham, seeks to fulfill Moody's wishes. According to Keiningham, "the strongest of all human Ties, induced his testator first to purchase and Then to Give her freedom," suggesting that Moody may have been Laury's father.
Result: Rejected.
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Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
