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Legal Brief Regarding Slave Sale: Millander v. Polock, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 10, 1838

A two-and-a-half-page legal document penned and signed by Judah P. Benjamin on February 10, 1838, in New Orleans, Louisiana. The document is a petition on behalf of Millander against Elias Polock concerning the sale of a slave whose propensity to run away was not disclosed.

Associated People/Businesses

Polock, Elias
Gildemeester, Hugo
BENJAMIN, JUDAH P. / POLOCK, ELIAS (?)

Geography

Louisiana

Subjects

Slavery
Legal documents

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Volume A, Page 24