| Author | Stratton, Samuel, fl. 1839.
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| Title | Report of the Holden slave case, tried at the January term of the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Worcester, A.D. 1839.
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| Published | Worcester : Printed by Colton & Howland, 1839.
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| Description | 32 p. ; 22 cm.
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| General Note | "The case of Commonwealth vs. Samuel Stratton, Samuel Foster, James E. Cheney, and Farnum White, Jun., who were charged in the indictment with a conspiracy to defraud Olivia Eames of Holden, of the voluntary services of her servant girl, named Anne"--p. [5]. The servant in question had been a slave before being brought to Massachusetts from Louisiana.
"Published by the board of directors of the Holden Anti-Slavery Society."
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| Cit./Ref. Note | References: Checklist Amer. imprints 58714.
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| Subjects | Replevin -- Massachusetts.
Slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Massachusetts.
Stratton, Samuel, fl. 1839 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Trials (Conspiracy) -- Massachusetts -- Worcester.
Trials (Fraud) -- Massachusetts -- Worcester.
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| Organizations | Massachusetts. Court of Common Pleas (Worcester County)
Holden Anti-Slavery Society (Holden, Mass.)
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| Other Titles | Holden slave case
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| LC Card Number | 18-14899 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: Pam. S1486
mq91952: Pamphlets, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 52308] |
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