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| Thompson v. Wilmot |
1 Bibb 422, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (June 07, 1809) |
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An agreement to emancipate a slave specifically decreed. Where defendant has reasonable ground to believe the person in servitude is his slave, only nominal damages for detention should be given. But where the party held a negro in servitude after the period at which he himself had contracted to emancipate him, actual damages were decreed. IN May... |
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| U.S. v. Smith |
4 Day 121, Circuit Court, D Connecticut (September 01, 1809) |
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This was an action of debt to recover double the value of the interest which the defendant [John Smith] had in certain slaves, transported in the brig Heroine, whereof the defendant was sole owner and master, from Africa to Havanna, and there sold by the direction of the defendant, and for his benefit, contrary to the provisions of the act of... |
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| Williams v. Johnson |
Litt.Sel.Cas. 84, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (May 24, 1809) |
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This is an appeal from a judgment in an action of detinue for a negro girl. Johnson having sold the girl in question to Williams, Williams by his deed covenanted and agreed to let Johnson have the girl back again, on his paying to Williams two hundred and fifty dollars, at any time between the 15th of July and the first day of September, 1805. On... |
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| Withespoon v. McKee |
4 Des. 14, Court of Appeals of Equity of South Carolina (February 01, 1809) |
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A bequest of two negroes, Caesar and Sabina, and their increase, to the testator's wife for life, and after her death, the said Caesar and Sabina to be divided amongst his wife's daughters, (by a former husband,) does not carry the increase of Sabina to the said daughters. The words of the will show a different intention. The increase sinks into... |
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| Wright v. Wright |
4 Hen. & M. 452, Superior Court of Chancery of Virginia (September 01, 1809) |
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The following order may be entered: That, unless the appellees, or such of them as are in possession of the negroes, or any of them, belonging to the estate of the intestate of the appellant, enter into bond with a penalty equal to double the value of the said negroes in his, her, or their possession, with sufficient security, to be approved by... |
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| Adelle v. Beauregard |
1 Mart.(o.s.) 183, Superior Court of the Territory of Orleans (October 01, 1810) |
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The plaintiff, a woman of color, claimed her freedom. |
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| Allen v. Roberts |
2 Bibb 98, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (April 01, 1810) |
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Complainant sets up a contract for the purchase of land proposed by letters on his part and answered on part of defendant by a letter that complainant might have the lands at thirty pounds per 100 acres--cash or negroes will answer me--I shall be down in your county this fall--the defendant denies receiving any answer to this letter:... |
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| Andersons v. Moncrieff |
3 Des. 124, Court of Appeals of Equity of South Carolina (November 01, 1810) |
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THE complainants, who are London Merchants, charge that on the 6th of October, 1799, they consigned by the schooner Phoebe, captain Walsh, forty-five Negroes from the Island of Bance, on the coast of Africa, to William M'Leod, to sell the said negroes at the Havanna to the best advantage, and remit the nett proceeds to the said Andersons, at that... |
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| Bass v. Bass |
4 Hen. & M. 478, Superior Court of Chancery of Virginia (February 01, 1810) |
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1. A bill for discovery lies only in cases where the plaintiff's right cannot be established without the discovery sought for. It does not lie, therefore, to discover the name of a negro child, whose mother is known, nor the profits of slaves, of which a Jury are the best judges. 2. An action of detinue may be maintained for an infant negro child... |
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| Belmore v. Caldwell |
2 Bibb 76, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (April 01, 1810) |
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BELMORE declared against Cald well in trespass for beating his slave. Upon the trial of the cause, the Court instructed the jury, that to support the action, the plaintiff must prove an actual possession of the slave, or an injury of constitution, or a reduction of the value of said slave; and that, in their opinion, the plaintiff had failed to... |
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| Brooks v. Farmer |
3 N.J.L. 640, Supreme Court of Judicature of New Jersey (February 01, 1810) |
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The justice has mistaken the law; the act respecting apprentices and servants, cannot, in any shape, be construed as extending to slaves; the penalty created by that act for persuading and enticing away any clerk, apprentice, or servant, does not embrace the case of slaves; it must be confined to the subject matter of the act, which is wholly aside... |
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| Brown v. May |
1 Munf. 288, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia (May 02, 1810) |
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1. On a joint plea of not guilty, in trespass vi et armis against two defendants, for breaking the plaintiff's close and beating his slaves, the defendants ought not to be permitted to give in evidence, by way of mitigation of damages, a license from the plaintiff to one of them, to visit his negro quarters, and chastise any of his... |
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| Cochran v. Cochran |
3 Des. 186, Court of Appeals of Equity of South Carolina (November 01, 1810) |
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THE late Mr. Thomas Cochran, deceased, in and by his last will and testament devised to his wife, Susannah, the full use of a house and lot, with the furniture, chariot, horses, and sundry negroes by name, during her natural life. It further directed that at her death, or when a division of his other property should be made agreeably to the... |
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| Cook v. Cook |
2 Brev. 349, Constitutional Court of Appeals of South Carolina (January 01, 1810) |
1810 |
A recovery in trover is a bar to an action of assumpsit, for the services rendered by slaves, for the conversion of which the action of trover was brought. In trover, if the plaintiff goes for a conversion of slaves, capable of rendering valuable service to the possessor, he ought to claim a compensation, or damages in lieu thereof, for such... |
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| Daublin v. City of New Orleans |
1 Mart.(o.s.) 185, Superior Court of the Territory of Orleans (October 01, 1810) |
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The plaintiff stated he was in possession of a lot of ground in the faubourg St. Mary, whereupon he had built a house, and defendants sent the for/cats or galley slaves, who pulled down and destroyed the house and drove off the plaintiff from the premises. The defendants admitted the demolition of the house by their order, but justified it on the... |
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| Davis v. Curry |
2 Bibb 238, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (January 01, 1810) |
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Color and long possession are such presumptive evidences of slavery as to throw the burden of proof on a negro claiming freedom. The Courts of the State are not bound to take notice of the laws of sister States; they must be proved. But the Courts of the States may take notice of the laws of the mother country regulating the introduction of slaves... |
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| Donaldson v. Jude |
2 Bibb 57, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (January 01, 1810) |
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A writing executed to emancipate slaves before it was lawful so to do, would be valid upon reacknowledgment after the statute permitting emancipation. Proof by one witness of the acknowledgment of a writing to emancipate, and that it was acknowledged in the presence of, and attested by the other subscribing witness, not sufficient evidence to admit... |
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| Duncan v. Self's Adm'rs |
1 Mur. 466, Supreme Court of North Carolina (July 01, 1810) |
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We are of opinion, that the daughter, Elizabeth, having survived her father, the donor, the property in the negro girl vested absolutely in her at his death, and that the Plaintiffs are entitled to judgment. |
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| Edwards v. Coleman |
2 Bibb 204, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (October 01, 1810) |
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COLEMAN, having obtained a judgment at law against John Edwards, sen., brought this suit in chancery to set aside a deed by which Edwards had conveyed to trustees for the use of his wife and certain of his children, a tract of land and sundry slaves, and prayed that the property so conveyed might be sold and applied to the discharge of said... |
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| Ex parte Wells |
3 Des. 155, Court of Appeals of Equity of South Carolina (November 01, 1810) |
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Writ of partition for two thirds of the personal estate of her deceased father, Matthew Wells, including four negroes, with the issue of the females, said to have been conveyed by the said Matthew Wells to his wife, by a deed of gift, which is contested. Writ of partition of a tract of land of 400 acres, and two thirds of four negroes and their... |
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| Gillespie v. Gillespie's Heirs |
2 Bibb 89, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (April 01, 1810) |
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THIS was an action of detinue, brought by the heirs of David Gillespie, in the Fayette Circuit Court, against William Gillespie, for certain slaves. They obtained a verdict and judgment, from which William Gillespie appealed to this Court. The appellees claim title to the slaves in question as heirs at law to David Gillespie, deceased, in whom they... |
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| Glascock's Adm'x v. Dawson |
1 Munf. 605, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia (May 25, 1810) |
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1. A writ of fieri facias against an administratrix, to be levied, as to certain damages and costs, of the goods and chattels of her intestate, and as to other damages and costs of her own goods and chattels, was returned executed on certain slaves the property of the administratrix, and a forthcoming bond taken, &c. The... |
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| Governor v. Howard |
1 Mur. 465, Supreme Court of North Carolina (July 01, 1810) |
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The repeal of an act of Assembly giving a forfeiture for an offence, is a repeal of all forfeitures incurred under the act repealed, unless there be a special exception to the contrary. A. sues B. for the forfeiture of £100, given by the act of 1794, for buying a slave knowing him to have been imported contrary to that act. Pending the suit,... |
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| Gray v. Prather |
2 Bibb 223, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (October 01, 1810) |
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PRATHER and Smiley having obtained a judgment and execution, for the sum of £139 19 3, with interest and costs of suit against Gray, purchased of him a negro boy, for which he executed to them a bill of sale, and they executed to him an instrument in the following terms: Whereas we have this day purchased from Captain George Gray, a negro boy... |
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| Harley v. Bates |
2 Brev. 419, Constitutional Court of Appeals of South Carolina (May 04, 1810) |
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Where a testator gave a slave to his wife, and executrix, for her life, remainder over, &c., and the executrix, the wife, afterwards sold and transferred her life estate to another; this act of disposal, on the part of the wife as legatee, was held to be a sufficient assent as executrix to the vesting of the legacy, and which assent could not... |
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| In re Tom |
5 Johns. 365, Supreme Court of New York (January 01, 1810) |
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Where A., the owner of a slave, gave him a certificate, stating, that from and after the decease of A. he manumitted the slave; it was held, that the slave, after the death of his master, was entitled to his freedom; notwithstanding his master, in his life-time, but after giving the certificate, had sold and delivered him to a third person, for a... |
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| Macarty v. Bagnieres |
1 Mart.(o.s.) 149, Superior Court of the Territory of Orleans (October 01, 1810) |
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On the sale of a negro it was stipulated that the vendor would be liable to a warranty, in the sole case of one of the maladies specified in the Civil Code and the plaintiff states that the negro was, in the knowledge of the defendant, addicted to the habit of running away, a circumstance which was not communicated to him. The defendant denies the... |
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| Mahan v. Jane. |
5 Ky. 32, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (April 01, 1810) |
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THIS is an action of assault and battery and false imprisonment, brought by the appellee in the Mercer Circuit Court, to obtain her freedom: plea not guilty, and issue thereupon. The plaintiff had judgment, from which the defendant appealed to this Court. The plaintiff claimed a right to freedom, by virtue of the last will and testament of Francis... |
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| Meaux v. Caldwell |
2 Bibb 244, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (October 01, 1810) |
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JOHN MEAUX, in the year 1797, put Mathias Bush (who had married his daughter) in possession of sundry slaves, who remained (except one of them) in his possession until the year 1808, when they were taken by Meaux out of the possession of Bush, and others put in their place. Some short time after Meaux had resumed the possession of these slaves, two... |
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| Meredith v. Sanders |
2 Bibb 101, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (April 01, 1810) |
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If one appears and defends by attorney, that he was an infant is to be assigned in error coram vobis and not in the appellate Court. A gift of a slave, to be valid against creditors and purchasers, must be accompanied by delivery of possession, and that possession must remain with donee or some person claiming under him. LEWIS SANDERS, in an action... |
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| Mitchell v. Comyns |
1 Mart.(o.s.) 133, Superior Court of the Territory of Orleans (April 01, 1810) |
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The petition stated that the plaintiff was the owner of a negro girl, who left his plantation, in the State of Maryland, without his consent or knowledge, and came to the city of New Orleans, where she lived with the defendant, who was about to remove her to the province of West Florida. On the affidavit of one Hubbard, to these facts, a writ of... |
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| Newcombe v. Skipwith |
1 Mart.(o.s.) 151, Superior Court of the Territory of Orleans (October 01, 1810) |
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This is an action on which process of attachment has been sued out and levied on a negro woman, the property of the defendant, who is stated to be a resident of the village of Montesano, near Baton Rouge, under the 11th section of the act of 1805, ch. 25, which authorises the issuing of that process, for the recovery of a debt due from a person... |
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| Newman v. Davis |
2 Cranch C.C. 16, Circuit Court, District of Columbia (December 01, 1810) |
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Trespass vi et armis for assaulting and shooting the plaintiff's slave. Motion in arrest of judgment, that trespass vi et armis does not lie. It ought to be a special action upon the case; the damages being consequential only. |
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| Poor Forks Tp. Poor Overseers v. Catawessa Tp. Poor Overseers |
3 Binn. 22, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (January 01, 1810) |
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A slave has a settlement in the township where his master resides, which is bound in the first instance to support him, though it may have a remedy over against the master or his estate. So in the case of a manumitted slave, who has not acquired a settlement elsewhere, after his manumission. Vide act of 29th March 1803, sec. 28. 5 St. Laws 536. THE... |
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| Quackenboss v. Lansing |
6 Johns. 49, Supreme Court of New York (January 01, 1810) |
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In an action for a breach of covenant, the plaintiff stated, that the defendant, by deed, &c., sold to him a certain slave, and covenanted to warrant and for ever defend the sale of the said slave to the plaintiff, against all persons lawfully claiming any estate, right or title to the slave, &c., and averred, that the person so sold as a slave was... |
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| Queen v. Hepburn |
2 Cranch C.C. 3, Circuit Court, District of Columbia (June 01, 1810) |
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This was an action by Mima and Louisa Queen against John Hepburn. Petition for freedom. |
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| Queen v. Neale |
3 H. & J. 158, Court of Appeals of Maryland (December 01, 1810) |
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A petition for freedom is comprehended within the general terms of suits or actions in the second section of the act of 1804, ch. 55, relative to their removal from one county to another, and the county court, in which the suit is instituted, are bound to transmit the proceedings to the judges of any county court within the district, upon the... |
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| Queen v. Neale |
2 Cranch C.C. 3, Circuit Court, District of Columbia (June 01, 1810) |
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This was an action by Priscilla Queen, a negress, against Francis Neale. Petition for freedom. The declaration of the ancestor, while held as a slave, cannot be given in evidence, to prove that the ancestor came from England. |
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| Robinson v. Pitman |
2 Bibb 55, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (January 01, 1810) |
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THIS is a suit in chancery to recover a life estate in certain slaves. Peyton Smith, the father of the appellant, having either given or lent certain slaves to her and William Robinson her husband, afterward in June 1777, executed jointly with the said William, a deed for said slaves and their increase, to Ann and Dorothy Robinson, daughters of the... |
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| Robinson v. Robinson |
2 Bibb 76, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (April 01, 1810) |
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THE appellee instituted an action of detinue, for a certain salve, against the appellant, and recovered judgment in the Circuit Court, from which he appealed to this Court. She derives her right from the will of her husband; which gives to her for life the negroes Cate, Luce, etc., and their increase. The one in dispute is the child of Luce, and... |
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| Rusk v. Sowerwine |
3 H. & J. 97, Court of Appeals of Maryland (June 01, 1810) |
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A free black person is an incompetent witness in a case where the parties are free white christians. A witness having proved that he received a power of attorney from a person to act for her in all things relating to her estate, as well in collecting debts as in making sale of property, &c. Held, that unless the original power of attorney was... |
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| Scott v. Negro Ben |
6 Cranch 3, Supreme Court of the United States (February 01, 1810) |
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ERROR to the judgment of the circuit court for the district of Columbia, sitting at Washington, upon a petition for freedom filed by Negro Ben, against Sabrett Scott, who claimed the petitioner as his slave. The ground upon which the petitioner claimed his freedom was, that he had been imported into the state of Maryland contrary to the act of... |
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| Speer v. Van Orden |
3 N.J.L. 652, Supreme Court of Judicature of New Jersey (May 01, 1810) |
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Without deciding how far the master of a negro is liable for his tortious acts, interest on uncertain and unascertained damages cannot be recovered. Judgment reversed. |
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| State v. Thornton |
2 Brev. 408, Constitutional Court of Appeals of South Carolina (May 01, 1810) |
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Indictment for trading with a slave contrary to act of assembly, 1796. On motion, in arrest of judgment, after conviction, it was adjudged, that trading for an iron band is within the act, being within the mischief. Such indictment need not lay the offence to be committed with force and arms; and need not state the value of the article traded. |
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| The Amiable Lucy v. U.S. |
6 Cranch 330, Supreme Court of the United States (February 01, 1810) |
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ERROR to the district court of the United States, for the district of Orleans, to reverse the sentence of that court which condemned the brigantine Lucy, for importing a slave from the West Indies, contrary to the act of congress of the 28th of February, 1803, vol. 6. p. 212. entitled An act to prevent the importation of certain persons into... |
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| Thomas v. Blunt |
Litt.Sel.Cas. 114, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (November 10, 1810) |
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This was an action of detinue, brought by Blunt against Thomas, for two negro slaves. The jury found for the plaintiff, the negroes in the declaration mentioned, if to be had, and £33 4s. in damages; if not, £>>>>>71 5s. being the value of the negro boy Tom, £>>>>>7 4s. in damages, and £78 15s. the value of the negro girl Rachel, and £27 in... |
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| Thomas v. Scott |
2 Cranch C.C. 2, Circuit Court, District of Columbia (June 01, 1810) |
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Petition for freedom. The defendant [Alexander] Scott, offered to appear and disclaim all right of property in the petitioner [Walter Thomas, a negro], at the time of service of the subpoena or any time since. |
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| Thompson v. Rogers |
2 Brev. 410, Constitutional Court of Appeals of South Carolina (May 01, 1810) |
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A recovery in trover for the conversion of certain slaves, was held to be a bar to an action of trespass for the forcible taking away the same negro slaves from the plaintiff's plantation; it having been proved on the trial of the action of trespass vi et armis, that on the trial of the action of trover, evidence was given of entering the... |
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| Vernon's Adm'r v. Inabnit |
2 Brev. 411, Constitutional Court of Appeals of South Carolina (May 01, 1810) |
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A man cannot, by a deed of gift, carve out a life estate for himself, and limit over the remainder of a slave to another. The whole vests in the remainder-man, or the remainder is void. |
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| Whitehorn v. Hines |
1 Munf. 557, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia (June 04, 1810) |
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This is a bill to set aside a conveyance of lands and negroes, made the 20th of February, 1783, by William Howell to his cousin John Clanton, both deceased, on the grounds stated in the bill. The bill states, that Howell, from the time of his birth to the time of his death, laboured under a lamentable and INVINCIBLE weakness of understanding... |
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