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In re Charge to Grand Jury - Fugitive Slave Law 1 Spr. 593, District Court, D Massachusetts (March 01, 1851) 1851 The fugitive slave law, passed in September, 1850 [9 Stat. 462], was received, in Massachusetts, with almost universal regret and disapprobation. With not a few, it produced great excitement and exasperation. Some openly avowed a determination to resist it by violence, declaring that it was a matter of conscience not to permit it to be executed. In... Most Relevant Cases  
In re Charge to Grand Jury- Treason 9 West.L.J. 163, Circuit Court, ED Pennsylvania (September 29, 1851) 1851 On the 18th of September, 1850 [9 Stat. 462], congress, in order to give effect to a provision of the constitution, passed a law to enable the owners of fugitive slaves to recover them when found in the states to which they had fled. Slavery, the abolition of slavery, this law, or any law for the recovery of slaves, had been for some time prior to... Most Relevant Cases  
Inabinit v. Inabinit 3 Rich.Eq. 370, Court of Appeals of Equity of South Carolina (May 01, 1851) 1851 Testator, having a plantation, about thirty-five negroes, furniture, &c. devised and bequeathed, by the 1st. clause of his will, to his wife, for life, his plantation, furniture, &c. and four negroes, with remainder to his children: in the 2d clause he declared that, as he had advanced to his married daughter, E. M. two negroes, one horse, &c. he... Most Relevant Cases  
Ingalls v. Bulkley 13 Ill. 315, Supreme Court of Illinois (December 01, 1851) 1851 This was an action of replevin in the detinet alone, and it was undoubtedly necessary for the plaintiff to prove a demand and refusal, in order to establish an unlawful detention by the defendant. The officer testified that, at the time he executed the writ, the defendant told him that the plaintiff had sent a negro boy and another boy down after... Most Relevant Cases  
James v. Elder 1 Cushm. 134, High Court of Errors and Appeals of Mississippi (January 01, 1851) 1851 Negro traders are not subject to pay the tax imposed upon transient vendors of merchandise or goods, imposed by the act of the 4th of February, 1844, (Hutch. Code, 182, Art. 16, ยง 1.) Before the introduction of slaves into this State as merchandise was prohibited by the constitution, the legislature, when it imposed a tax upon the sale of slaves,... Most Relevant Cases  
Jones v. VanZandt 5 McLean 214, Circuit Court, D Ohio (April 01, 1851) 1851 This was an action of trespass on the case by Wharton Jones against John Vanzandt for damages for harboring runaway slaves. There was a verdict for plaintiff in the sum of $1,200. Case No. 7,501. The defendant moved for a new trial, and also in arrest of judgment. The motion for a new trial was granted at the costs of defendant. Case No. 7,502.... Most Relevant Cases  
Kelly v. City Council of Charleston 4 Rich. 426, Court of Appeals of Law of South Carolina (January 01, 1851) 1851 Nicholas, George and John, three slaves, were confined in the workhouse of Charleston, which is under the charge of the City Council; George and John had been committed for safe keeping; Nicholas, who was known to be a very bad, ungovernable and reckless fellow, who held that he was not a slave, and that he owed obedience to no one, had been... Most Relevant Cases  
Kilpatrick v. Bush 1 Cushm. 199, High Court of Errors and Appeals of Mississippi (November 01, 1851) 1851 T. died in Tennessee, leaving a widow and one child, and four slaves. The widow administered, and sold one of the slaves to pay debts. The child intermarried with B. The widow afterwards intermarried with W., in 1826, and removed with him to Alabama, taking the negroes with her. W., in Alabama, conveyed his interest in the slaves to a trustee, to... Most Relevant Cases  
King v. Shanks 12 B.Mon. 410, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (December 19, 1851) 1851 Slaves. Case. Bailment. ERROR TO THE LINCOLN CIRCUIT. The case stated. THIS petition (filed under the new Code of Practice) claims to recover from Shanks the value of the plaintiff's slave, Berry, alleged to have been induced, persuaded and hired by the defendant, without the authority or permission of the plaintiff, to ride and swim the... Most Relevant Cases  
Lawson v. Barre 6 Tex. 217, Supreme Court of Texas (January 01, 1851) 1851 Where the proof was that the husband and wife occupied a plantation under a lease to them jointly, and employed twenty or thirty slaves in cotton planting: Held, That the proof was not sufficient to authorize a judgment against the separate property of the wife for services performed in the erection of a cotton gin and press upon the leased... Most Relevant Cases  
Lee v. Sparr 14 Mo. 370, Supreme Court of Missouri (March 01, 1851) 1851 This was an action under the 31st section of the 1st article of the act concerning Slaves, which is as follows: Any master, commander or owner of any boat or other vessel, who shall transport any slave out of this State in such vessel, or from one point or place in this State to any other point or place in the same, in such vessel, without... Most Relevant Cases  
Lee v. Sprague 14 Mo. 476, Supreme Court of Missouri (March 01, 1851) 1851 The plaintiff, who is an infant of color, brought a suit for freedom, to which the defendant filed a plea in bar denying all the allegations in her declaration. It appeared on the trial, that on the 22nd of October, 1833, one William W. Waite, of Baltimore, Maryland, for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred dollars, paid to him by John... Most Relevant Cases  
Lombard v. Jacobs 6 La.Ann. 396, Supreme Court of Louisiana (April 01, 1851) 1851 Appeal from the Second District Court of New Orleans, Lea, J. The judgment of the district court was as follows: This suit is brought for the rescission of the sale of a slave sold by defendant to plaintiff, and for the reimbursement of the price, on the ground that said slave was sold as a good axeman, and sound in health; whereas,... Most Relevant Cases  
Lord v. Horsey 5 Harr. 317, Superior Court of Delaware (April 01, 1851) 1851 A deposition taken on commission may be attacked by denying the signature of the witness, or proving a fraudulent personation. The witnesses signature at the close, covers both direct and cross examination. Contrary statements cannot be proved to impeach a witness, without notice. Trover for a negro girl slave. Pleas, not guilty and limitation. The... Most Relevant Cases  
Lott v. Meacham 4 Fla. 144, Supreme Court of Florida (January 01, 1851) 1851 This was an action in replevin, brought in the court below by respondent, executor of Jonathan Thomas deceased, against appellant, for the recovery of certain negro slaves. The appellant claims the property in right of his wife, formerly Anna Mariah Thomas, one of the legatees under the will of the testator, bearing date the 16th of April, 1830.... Most Relevant Cases  
Lyon v. Lyon 8 Ired.Eq. 201, Supreme Court of North Carolina (December 01, 1851) 1851 Robert Lyon, of Bladen, died intestate in October, 1841, leaving the plaintiff, his widow, and the defendant, his only child, the issue of a former marriage.--With the consent of the widow, the defendant took administration of the estate at the next term of the County Court, which was held in November, 1841. The intestate left some slaves, and also... Most Relevant Cases  
Maxwell v. Maxwell 8 Ired.Eq. 25, Supreme Court of North Carolina (December 01, 1851) 1851 James Maxwell and Alexander Maxwell were brothers and bachelors, advanced in life, and they resided together, and owning each in fee a tract of land, containing about two hundred acres, and owning jointly fifteen slaves, and stocks of horses, cattle and other chattels, each made his will at the same time, viz; on the 21st of December, 1846. James... Most Relevant Cases  
McAllister v. McAllister 12 Ired. 184, Supreme Court of North Carolina (June 01, 1851) 1851 A., having a life estate in two negroes, executed an instrument, in which were the expressions which right and title I relinquish to B. for value received, which instrument was signed, sealed, witnessed and delivered. Held, that if this be not good as a release, technically, it is good as a bill of sale or deed of gift. A Court may... Most Relevant Cases  
McClenaghan v. Brock 5 Rich. 17, Court of Appeals of Law of South Carolina (November 01, 1851) 1851 The common law rule, that carriers of goods are responsible for all losses or injuries except such as arise from the act of God, or the enemies of the country, applies to carriers by water as well as by land. Carriers of passengers are liable only on the score of negligence; and slaves are considered as passengers. The owner of a steam boat... Most Relevant Cases  
Mercer v. Gilman 11 B.Mon. 210, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (January 15, 1851) 1851 Slaves. Emancipation. ERROR TO THE CRITTENDEN CIRCUIT. IT seems to this Court that Joseph Mercer, the formen owner of Ben, did not lose his property by hiring Ben to cut one hundred cords of wood in the State of Illinois, because the purpose was defined, and the employment limited to an object to be accomplished in a short period, and the absence... Most Relevant Cases  
Miller v. Anderson 4 Rich.Eq. 1, Court of Appeals of Equity of South Carolina (November 01, 1851) 1851 There cannot be a valid gift, by parol, of a slave, to take effect at the donor's deathalthough the form of an actual delivery be gone through with. A father intending to make a gift, to take effect at his death, of a negro to his infant child, put, in the presence of witnesses, the negro's hand into that of the child, and said, the negro... Most Relevant Cases  
Moore v. Brown 14 Mo. 165, Supreme Court of Missouri (March 01, 1851) 1851 In the County Court of Mississippi, Brown, as administrator of Gray, filed a paper in the nature of a claim or demand against the estate of Moore's decedent, for a negro slave alleged to have belonged to the decedent of the said administrator, and to have been converted to the use of the decedent of the executor (during the life-time of the... Most Relevant Cases  
Motley v. Motley 7 Ired.Eq. 211, Supreme Court of North Carolina (June 01, 1851) 1851 Thomas Motley, Sen., died in 1831, leaving a large real and personal estate. By his will, after giving to his other children (who are not parties to this suit,) a considerable amount of property, he gave to his wife, during her life, the place on which he lived, nine valuable negroes, stock, wagon. &c.; at her death to be equally divided between... Most Relevant Cases  
Nail v. Mobley 9 Ga. 278, Supreme Court of Georgia (January 01, 1851) 1851 [1.] The complainant in this bill alleges that she has a title to certain property in the hands of the defendants, consisting of lands and negroes, by virtue of a deed of conveyance, executed to her by her father, Reuben Nail, who has departed this life intestate, and also claims one half of the estate of her deceased father, in the hands of the... Most Relevant Cases  
Neal v. Farmer 9 Ga. 555, Supreme Court of Georgia (May 01, 1851) 1851 [1.] In cases of felony, the civil remedy is suspended until the offender is prosecuted to conviction or acquittal. [2.] African slavery held never to have existed in the Island of Great Britain by the Common Law, by Statute, or by the Laws of Nations. [3.] The Law of Villenage obsolete in England. Quere? [4.] If not obsolete, but of force in 1732,... Most Relevant Cases  
Nix v. Harley 3 Rich.Eq. 379, Court of Appeals of Equity of South Carolina (May 01, 1851) 1851 Defendent purchased plaintiffs's slave from a third person-remained in possession sometime,-and then re-sold her to the person from whom he had purchased,-all without notice of any right in plaintiffs:-Held, that a bill would not lie to compel defendant to account for the price received by him, and the hire before the re-sale,-plaintiffs should... Most Relevant Cases  
Northcut v. Whipp 12 B.Mon. 65, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (June 19, 1851) 1851 Estates in fee. Dower. Curtesy. APPEAL FROM THE CASEY CIRCUIT. THIS bill was filed by Whipp and wife, the latter having been the widow of William L. Northcut, to obtain dower and distribution, in certain land and slaves, etc., formerly the property of Archer Northcut, the father of said William L., and which had been devised by the will of Archer... Most Relevant Cases The case or administrative decision has some negative history, but has not been reversed or overruled.
O'Neall v. McBride 4 Rich. 343, Court of Appeals of Law of South Carolina (January 01, 1851) 1851 Plaintiff brought trover for negroes against P., and obtained an order that he give security, under the Act of 1827; but, instead of taking such security, the sheriff took a bail bond, with the defendant as bail. P. placed the negroes in the possession of defendant, who sold them for $925, and the money was left with him as a deposit in place of... Most Relevant Cases  
Owens v. People, for Use of Massac County 13 Ill. 59, Supreme Court of Illinois (November 01, 1851) 1851 Waiving a decision of the constitutional question which has been raised, it is clear that the judgment in this case can not be sustained. The statute in reference to negroes and mulattoes (Rev. Stats. ch. 74) was manifestly designed to discourage the settlement of negroes within this state. The eighth section of that act inflicts a penalty upon any... Most Relevant Cases  
Parr v. Gibbons 1 Cushm. 92, High Court of Errors and Appeals of Mississippi (January 01, 1851) 1851 Where a father placed a slave in the possession of his married daughter, and took her note, expressing, upon its face, that it was given for the hire of the slave; and the daughter afterwards died, leaving a child, in whose name, as her heir, a suit was afterwards brought against its grandfather for the recovery of the slave, upon the alleged... Most Relevant Cases  
Patterson v. High 8 Ired.Eq. 52, Supreme Court of North Carolina (December 01, 1851) 1851 The plaintiff is entitled to the decree which he asks. John B. Shaw died in the year 1816, and by will gave to his wife, Franky Shaw, during her life or widowhood, a number of negroes, among whom was a woman by the name of Isabel. By a subsequent clause, he gives her absolutely, after the death or marriage of his wife, to his daughter Polly Morgan.... Most Relevant Cases  
Payne v. Payne 11 B.Mon. 138, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (January 06, 1851) 1851 Wills. Devises. Trusts. Curtesy. ERROR TO THE FLEMING CIRCUIT. The case stated. FRANCES GREEN by her last will and testament, devised all of her estate, consisting of lands, slaves, and personalty to trustees, for the separate and exclusive use of her daughter Susanna E. Payne, to be disposed of as she might deem proper. After the death of Robert... Most Relevant Cases  
Peake v. Redd 14 Mo. 79, Supreme Court of Missouri (March 01, 1851) 1851 1. The action of the County Court, setting aside and annulling the supposed allotment of dower in the slaves of the deceased, under the order of November 13, 1839, to Penelope Francis, was legal and proper. 1st. Because the said order of 13th of November, 1839, appointing commissioners to assign dower in the slaves, was made without application... Most Relevant Cases  
Piercifield v. Snyder 14 Mo. 583, Supreme Court of Missouri (March 01, 1851) 1851 This action was trover, for certain slaves, and was submitted to the court without a jury. The testimony was conflicting, as well respecting the delivery of the negroes to the plaintiffs' wives by their father, and other facts in the case, as in reference to the credibility of the material witness for the plaintiffs. A portion of it had relation to... Most Relevant Cases  
Pillow v. Rye 31 Tenn. 185, Supreme Court of Tennessee (December 01, 1851) 1851 The question in this cause is in relation to the construction of a part of the will of Martha Cook. In the ninth clause the testatrix declares her intention to provide for the personal comfort and independence of her daughter, Martha W. Keeble, during her natural life. The will sets apart, to this end, a tract of land, four slaves, other personal... Most Relevant Cases  
Pitt v. Albritton 12 Ired. 74, Supreme Court of North Carolina (June 01, 1851) 1851 The title of the slaves vested in Lewis Belcher, Petway and Sugg, as tenants in common. Pitt v Petway, at this term. After the delivery to Lewis Belcher, he conveyed all of his interest to the plaintiffs in trust, and afterwards one of the plaintiffs, Franklin Pitt, delivered the two slaves, now sued for, to the defendant, the jailor of Pitt... Most Relevant Cases  
Pitt v. Petway 12 Ired. 69, Supreme Court of North Carolina (June 01, 1851) 1851 The case turns upon the legal effect of the sale and delivery to Lewis Belcher. It must have operated in one of three ways. The slaves were simply bid in by Lewis Belcher, acting for the trustee, so that there was no sale and they continued a part of the original trust fund; or they were purchased by him for himself and as agent of the defendant... Most Relevant Cases  
Priester v. Augley 5 Rich. 44, Court of Appeals of Law of South Carolina (November 01, 1851) 1851 No one has a right to kill a slave committing a trespass. A master is liable for the act of his servant, done in the course of his employment about his master's business. Most Relevant Cases  
PROSECUTIONS FOR ENGAGING IN THE SLAVE TRADE. 5 U.S. Op. Atty. Gen. 454 (November 17, 1851) 1851   Most Relevant Administrative Decisions & Guidance  
Richardson v. Pridgen 8 Ired.Eq. 153, Supreme Court of North Carolina (December 01, 1851) 1851 Although the preponderance of proof seems to sustain the statement in the answer, that the slave Chane was put by James Thompson into the possession of his son-in-law, Noah Peacock, in the year 1806, which, as the law then stood, amounted to a gift; yet, as there is some evidence, that the tranaction was in December, 1807, the Court does not deem... Most Relevant Cases  
Rowe v. State 30 Tenn. 491, Supreme Court of Tennessee (April 01, 1851) 1851 The plaintiff in error was indicted for the murder of a negro man, Frank, of which he was found guilty, and sentenced to ten years imprisonment in the penitentiary. A motion was made for a new trial, for alleged misbehavior of the jury, which motion was overruled by the court, and judgment pronounced upon the verdict; from which judgment the... Most Relevant Cases  
Sam v. State 31 Tenn. 61, Supreme Court of Tennessee (September 01, 1851) 1851 The plaintiff in error, who is a slave, was convicted, in the circuit court of Anderson county, of an assault upon William Diggs, a free white person, with intent to commit murder in the first degree. A new trial was refused, and judgment of death having been pronounced upon him, he appealed in error to this court. Several errors have been assigned... Most Relevant Cases  
Sanders' Ex'rs v. Sanders 12 B.Mon. 40, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (June 16, 1851) 1851 Husband and Wife. Dower. Slaves. ERROR TO THE PULASKI CIRCUIT. The case stated. THIS bill was filed by Paschal H. Sanders, to recover one fifth of $370 and interest, alleged to have been received in 1819, by G. W. Sanders, deceased, as guardian of the complainant and four other infant children of Becky Sanders. It appears that the five wards were... Most Relevant Cases  
Scarce v. Page 12 B.Mon. 311, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (October 09, 1851) 1851 Administrations. Sheriffs. Distribution. APPEAL FROM THE HICKMAN CIRCUIT. The case stated. IN the year 1841, Seth Cook died intestate in Hickman county, Kentucky, leaving an estate in slaves, goods and chattels, and choses in action, of the value of several thousand dollars. At the March term of the Hickman County Court, in 1841, Price Edrington... Most Relevant Cases  
Seabrook v. Hammond 5 Rich. 160, Court of Appeals of Law of South Carolina (November 01, 1851) 1851 S., upon whose property there were some liens, placed with G. & M., brokers, certain negroes for sale: G. sold them to H. delivering to him a bill of sale signed by S.: H. at the time of the sale took from G., individually, a written pledge to apply the money to the payment of all liens on the negroes, and a short time afterwards paid G. the money,... Most Relevant Cases  
Simmons v. Rarden 9 Ga. 543, Supreme Court of Georgia (May 01, 1851) 1851 [1.] This was a bill, filed by John A. Rarden and Henrietta G. his wife, formerly Henrietta G. Ogletree, to recover certain slaves in the record mentioned. The answer of the defendant denied the marriage of the complainants. A motion was made to arrest the judgment in the Court below, on the ground, that the Jury had not found in favor of, nor... Most Relevant Cases  
Simpson v. McKay 12 Ired. 141, Supreme Court of North Carolina (June 01, 1851) 1851 In the sale of a slave, a warranty of soundness includes soundness of mind as well as of body. The soundness of mind meant in the warranty of a slave, means only such a degree of mental capacity, as renders him fit to perform the ordmary duties of a slave. Appeal from the Superior Court of Law of Bladen County, at the Spring Term, 1851, his Honor... Most Relevant Cases  
Skrine v. Walker 3 Rich.Eq. 262, Court of Appeals of Equity of South Carolina (January 01, 1851) 1851 Testatrix bequeathed as follows:I give, devise and bequeath unto my friend, M. H. my negro woman, Phillis, together with her future issue and increase, trusting that the said M. H. will fully comply with my wishes, respecting the said negro woman Phillis, and her children which may hereafter be born; and it is further my will and... Most Relevant Cases  
Souther v. Com. 7 Gratt. 673, General Court of Virginia (June 01, 1851) 1851 1. The killing of a slave by his master and owner, by wilful and excessive whipping, is murder in the first degree; though it may not have been the purpose and intention of the master and owner to kill the slave. 2. An examining Court has no right to sign a bill of exceptions to any opinion or act of the Court; and if they do, it is no part of the... Most Relevant Cases  
Spraddling v. Pipkin 15 Mo. 118, Supreme Court of Missouri (October 01, 1851) 1851 1. The County Court of Jefferson county had no right to order Pipkin, the public administrator of that county, to administer on the slaves in question, and he had no right to sue for them. The slaves of John Keeton were inventoried by Wm. Keeton, the administrator, in 1827. It not being necessary to retain these slaves in Missouri to pay debts, and... Most Relevant Cases  
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