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Gist Settlement was home to three hundred and fifty manumitted slaves of Samuel Gist, a benevolent master, who gave them their freedom in 1815.  Gist's will stipulated that a trust be set up to buy lands in Ohio, and to build the freedmen homes, schools and churches.  The trust also provided care for the aged and affirmed.  The trust was under the jurisdiction of the state of Virginia, executed by agents in Virginia. Quaker agents in Ohio, managed the trust for the Virginia agents. Ex-slaves were never given deeds to their property, because the trust paid the taxes until 1847. This precarious situation created court battles over the years to prove ownership of the land. Today, residents of the Gist Settlement are trying to claim their land that was given to their ancestors one hundred and eighty years ago.]]>
Gist Settlement was home to three hundred and fifty manumitted slaves of Samuel Gist, a benevolent master, who gave them their freedom in 1815.  Gist's will stipulated that a trust be set up to buy lands in Ohio, and to build the freedmen homes, schools and churches.  The trust also provided care for the aged and affirmed.  The trust was under the jurisdiction of the state of Virginia, executed by agents in Virginia. Quaker agents in Ohio, managed the trust for the Virginia agents. Ex-slaves were never given deeds to their property, because the trust paid the taxes until 1847. This precarious situation created court battles over the years to prove ownership of the land. Today, residents of the Gist Settlement are trying to claim their land that was given to their ancestors one hundred and eighty years ago.]]> Fri, 13 Dec 2013 22:42:11 GMT /slideshow/preview-29197764/29197764 PaulaWright1@slideshare.net(PaulaWright1) Gist Settlement PaulaWright1 Gist Settlement was home to three hundred and fifty manumitted slaves of Samuel Gist, a benevolent master, who gave them their freedom in 1815.  Gist's will stipulated that a trust be set up to buy lands in Ohio, and to build the freedmen homes, schools and churches.  The trust also provided care for the aged and affirmed.  The trust was under the jurisdiction of the state of Virginia, executed by agents in Virginia. Quaker agents in Ohio, managed the trust for the Virginia agents. Ex-slaves were never given deeds to their property, because the trust paid the taxes until 1847. This precarious situation created court battles over the years to prove ownership of the land. Today, residents of the Gist Settlement are trying to claim their land that was given to their ancestors one hundred and eighty years ago. <img style="border:1px solid #C3E6D8;float:right;" alt="" src="https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/preview-131213224211-phpapp02-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&amp;height=120&amp;fit=bounds" /><br> Gist Settlement was home to three hundred and fifty manumitted slaves of Samuel Gist, a benevolent master, who gave them their freedom in 1815.  Gist&#39;s will stipulated that a trust be set up to buy lands in Ohio, and to build the freedmen homes, schools and churches.  The trust also provided care for the aged and affirmed.  The trust was under the jurisdiction of the state of Virginia, executed by agents in Virginia. Quaker agents in Ohio, managed the trust for the Virginia agents. Ex-slaves were never given deeds to their property, because the trust paid the taxes until 1847. This precarious situation created court battles over the years to prove ownership of the land. Today, residents of the Gist Settlement are trying to claim their land that was given to their ancestors one hundred and eighty years ago.
Gist Settlement from Paula Wright
]]> 161 3 https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/preview-131213224211-phpapp02-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&height=120&fit=bounds document White http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posted 0 https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/profile-photo-PaulaWright1-48x48.jpg?cb=1523633476 I had been a genealogist for twenty-five years when I decided to write this book about the history of the Gist Settlement. I wanted to find the truth about how the freed slaves of Samuel Gist managed to find freedom and endure the discrimination and hardship they faced while living in their new homes in Ohio. This book shows the ugliness of slavery, but it also shows the goodness of the Quaker abolitionists. Gist’s freed slaves found a new home, but they were never given a deed for their land. A trust set up to care for them complicated the matter, and for one hundred and ninety-five years the land has been deed-less for many of the residents. paulakittywright.tripod.com/gistpromisedland