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Legal Documents Regarding Slavery: Inquest at Michilimackinac, 1801

Two legal documents, written in French, detailing an inquest at Michilimackinac on August 20, 1801. The documents consist of witness depositions concerning the sale of enslaved people (both Black and Indigenous). The commission investigating the matter included Ezekiel Solomons, Joseph Laframboise, and David Mitchell. The documents are part of a larger case in the Court of King's Bench for the district of Montreal.

Associated People/Businesses

Solomons, Ezekiel
Laframboise, Joseph
Mitchell, David
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
SOLOMONS, EZEKIEL ( 1753 ?- 1806)

Geography

Montreal

Subjects

Slavery
Fur trade
Legal documents

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 12, Folder 1