Negress Sally Henry, by William Henry, Her Father and Next Friend v. Ball
Supreme Court of the United States
Error oil judgment, rendered by the circuit court for the county of Washington, in-the District of Columbia, against the plaintiff, who Was in that court á petitioner for freedom.
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Error oil judgment, rendered by the circuit court for the county of Washington, in-the District of Columbia, against the plaintiff, who Was in that court á petitioner for freedom. The pluiritiff being a child, and the slave of the defendant,-who resided in Virginia, was, .some short time before the month of May, J 810, put to live with Mrs. Rankin, then residing also in Virginia, whose husband was an officer in the marine corps, stationed in the city of Washington! Mrs. R. was to keep the girl for a year, and was to give her victuals and clothes for her services. Some time in May, 1810, Mrs.…
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court, and after stating the facts, proceeded as follows:
This cause depends ■ on an act of the - state of Maryland, which is in force, in the county pf Washington. The first, section of that statute enacts. “ that it shall not be lawful to bring into this state any negro, mulatto, or other slave, for sale, or to reside within this state ; and any person brought into this state contrary to this act, if a slave before, shall, thereupon, immediately gease to be the property of the person or persons so importing or bringing such slaves within this…
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