Butler v. Hopper
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Pennsylvania
This case comes before the court on a special verdict, the material parts of which find; that the plaintiff [Pierce Butler] formerly lived in the state of South Carolina, where, as well as in Georgia, he had a valuable plantation, which he cultivated, and still cultivates, by his overseers and slaves, and on which he had, and still has, a furnished house and servants.
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This case comes before the court on a special verdict, the material parts of which find; that the plaintiff [Pierce Butler] formerly lived in the state of South Carolina, where, as well as in Georgia, he had a valuable plantation, which he cultivated, and still cultivates, by his overseers and slaves, and on which he had, and still has, a furnished house and servants. That from the year 1794 to the present time, with the exception of an annual visit to his. plantations at the southward, continuing from October in each year, till May or June following; he has kept a dwelling house in the city…
1Opinion of the CourtWashington, Circuit Justice
(after stating the case as above). Upon these facts, *905•the question is, whether Ben became free by virtue of a law of this state, passed on the 1st of March 17S0; which declares, that no person of any nation or colour, except ne-groes registered according to the act. shall thereafter be holden as slaves within this state, but as free, except the domestic slaves attending upon delegates in congress from the other states, foreign ministers, and consuls, and persons passing through, or sojourning in this state, and not becoming resident therein. To dispose at once of an objection to the validity…
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