Hudgens v. Spencer
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Chancery. From the Circuit Court for Cumberland County. Aslaveholderexemancipation^ in mo, in which belief^'timt all men by nature areequallyfree,” and that, “from a?i®wrconviction and^ criminality p([11^livins his of their natural he does thereby “emancipato and set ^men women and children,’ viz. naming 15 persons, and designating future periods at which they shall be discharged: e. g: ‘Bob and Dan.
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Chancery. From the Circuit Court for Cumberland County. Aslaveholderexemancipation^ in mo, in which belief^'timt all men by nature areequallyfree,” and that, “from a?i®wrconviction and^ criminality p([11^livins his of their natural he does thereby “emancipato and set ^men women and children,’ viz. naming 15 persons, and designating future periods at which they shall be discharged: e. g: ‘Bob and Dan. Dec. 25, 1790”-—“Judy—to go out, Sept. 1806;” and adds, “I do herebyrelinquish all right, title and claim to the said people after they severally arrive, at the dates above mentioned, and not…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Robertson
Spencer, a man of color, claiming to be free in consequence of a deed of emancipation, acknowledged in Yirginia, in 1790, by John Baker, the then ownej of his mother, Judy, and liberating her and other slaves—sued Hudgens, in chancery, for his claim. the purpose of establishing
The deed- , , , , , . , , •auiy acknowledged and recorded—-is in the following words:—“Know all men by these presents, “ that I, John Baker of Chesterfield countjr, do believe “ that all men by nature are equally free; and, from a clear conviction of the injustice and criminality of depri- „ ,. J r i ■ “ vmg my…
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