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Participant Info
- Slaveholder
- William Cooper
- Locations
- Charleston City, South Carolina
- Researcher
- C Lott
- Researcher's E-mail
- clott0410 AT yahoo.com
- Researcher Location
- Comments
- Wm Cooper was a free black shoemaker. Transcript “In 1817, William Cooper of Charleston City bought a black slave named David from Peter Labaussay for $700. Undoubtably, Cooper purchased the slave to be employed in his shoe shop on 46 King Street.” Ch. 8 p. 149
- On-line Tree or Website
- Book: Black Slaveowners Free Black Slave Masters in South Carolina, 1790-1860; by Larry Koger, 1985, McFarland and Company, Inc., Publishers; Ch. 8, page 149
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- Beyond Kin Researcher?
- Yes