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Legal Brief on Behalf of an Enslaved Child: Judah P. Benjamin, New Orleans, 1835

Manuscript legal brief penned and signed by Judah P. Benjamin in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1835. The one-page (8"x13") document argues against the sale of an enslaved child who, according to a deed, was to be freed upon leaving her mother. The new owner disregarded the deed and sold the child, prompting Benjamin's legal intervention.

Associated People/Businesses

Richardson, Richard
Connellin, Mary
BENJAMIN, JUDAH P.

Geography

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Subjects

Legal documents
Enslaved persons

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Volume F, Page 17