The American Journal of Legal History, Volume 5Temple University School of Law, 1961 - Electronic journals |
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... Massachusetts , a story that is yet to be fully told . Traditional accounts relate that in 1781 a Negro slave named Quock Walker sued his master , Nathaniel Jennison * Assistant Librarian , Massachusetts Historical Society , Boston ...
... Massachusetts , a story that is yet to be fully told . Traditional accounts relate that in 1781 a Negro slave named Quock Walker sued his master , Nathaniel Jennison * Assistant Librarian , Massachusetts Historical Society , Boston ...
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... Massachusetts Declaration of Rights . The " law of the land " had been established and the courts upheld it in the case of Caldwell v . Jennison which , it appears , may properly be con- sidered the first definitive action on the ...
... Massachusetts Declaration of Rights . The " law of the land " had been established and the courts upheld it in the case of Caldwell v . Jennison which , it appears , may properly be con- sidered the first definitive action on the ...
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... Massachusetts in the early 1770's and by 1780 they appeared with comparative rarity . A few such notices were printed after 1781 , almost none after 1783.28 These items and others sustain Belknap's opinion that slavery was unpopular in ...
... Massachusetts in the early 1770's and by 1780 they appeared with comparative rarity . A few such notices were printed after 1781 , almost none after 1783.28 These items and others sustain Belknap's opinion that slavery was unpopular in ...
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