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In Recess

Mar. 29, 2019

Tree of Life

Lawyer's knowledge of trust and estate law helped him find deep meaning in his own history.

Tree of Life
Terrence M. Franklin

LOS ANGELES -- Trust and estates litigator Terrence M. Franklin has long known his heritage included slave owner John Sutton.

But in 2001, when he came across an abstract of a portion of Sutton's will, executed 173 years ago, Franklin set out to discover the relationship that shaped his family's history.

Sutton's will outlined the sale of livestock to fund the relocation to freedom of his "mulatt...

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