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- ↑ https://schistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Cain-William-family-papers-281.00.pdf South Carolina Historical Society, biographical note on Cain
- ↑ https://south-carolina-plantations.com/berkeley/somerset.html Info on Somerset
- ↑ https://south-carolina-plantations.com/berkeley/somerton.html Info on Somerton
- ↑ https://library.uncg.edu/slavery/petitions/results.aspx?s=3&sid=210 Race & Slavery Petitions Project
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