Commonwealth ex rel. Hall v. Cook, 1 Watts 155 (Pa. 1832)
James Taylor (plaintiff) against James Hasson (defendant) regarding Taylor’s status as an enslaved person in Pennsylvania, having been previously manumitted in Maryland and later sold …
O Say Can You See: Early Washington, D.C., Law & Family
A collection and analysis of freedom suits filed between 1800 and 1862, including the tracing of the multigenerational families revealed by these suits. Access the …
Reclamation of Fugitives from Service
A report of Jones v. Van Zandt, Circuit Court of the United States for Ohio, March 4, 1847.
The Exciting Case
An article copied from The Baltimore Clipper.