"Argument of plaintiffs appeal in case petition of freedom of Money's Negros"
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CH_CA_2022_IC_005_081
Institutional Collections
Handwriting is difficult to read but the petition mentions the Act of 1831 which said that free African American;s could not leave the state for more than a specified period of time. This argument related to the enslaved and free African Americans of Cornelius C. Money.
MS0066-08-13-003
legal documents
Slave labor, Freed persons--United States, Fugitive slaves--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States
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