Harvard Law Bulletin Features Partner Terry Franklin in “Will Power” Article

Partner Terry Franklin has traveled across the country presenting the 1846 will of John Sutton, his 4th great grandfather who was a slaveholder in the antebellum South. In the will, Franklin discovers the love relationship between Sutton and his “mulatto” slave, Lucy, who was Franklin’s 4th great grandmother. In the fall issue of the Harvard Law Bulletin, Franklin discusses the nuances of their relationship and its correlation to his practice as a trust and estate litigator