Commonwealth v. Hambright
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
A HABEAS CORPUS having issued to the defendant, who was jailor of Lancaster, to bring up the body of negro Tom, he returned, that he held him as the agent of Isaac Law his master, by virtue of an indenture made the 27th August, 1805. This indenture recited, that Law had manumitted Tom, whom he held as a slave in the state of New Jersey, and who was twelve years old in February, 1805; and that in consideration of manumission, Tom had, with the approbation of two justices of…
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A HABEAS CORPUS having issued to the defendant, who was jailor of Lancaster, to bring up the body of negro Tom, he returned, that he held him as the agent of Isaac Law his master, by virtue of an indenture made the 27th August, 1805. This indenture recited, that Law had manumitted Tom, whom he held as a slave in the state of New Jersey, and who was twelve years old in February, 1805; and that in consideration of manumission, Tom had, with the approbation of two justices of the peace of Somerset county, New Jersey, (he having no parents in that state to consent to the binding or removal into…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Tilghman C. J.
Negro Tom, being a slave resident in the state of New Jersey, was purchased by Isaac Law, of Lancaster county in Pennsylvania, and manumitted at the age of 12 years, in consideration of which the said Tom bound himself to the said Isaac Law, with the approbation of two justices of the peace óf New Jersey, (having no parents living there,) as an apprentice to learn the occupation of an husbandman, and to serve the said Isaac Law, or his assigns, either in Pennsylvania or any other state, until the 4th February, 1821, at which time the said…
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