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.
Subject: Slave Law
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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.