Furguson v. White

Judge Owsley

delivered the opinion of the court,

This ivas an action of detinue, brought by the appellants in the court below, to recover the possession of a family of slaves, held by the appellee under a purchase from a certain Augustus, who held the same by purchase from a certain William Furguson, the husband of Esther Allison and father of the appellants.

For the purpose of manifesting their right to the negroes, the appellants on the trial in the court below, introduced a deed of gift, executed in North Carolina, by their grandfather, James Allison, for the negro woman Lucy, one of those in…