Bloodgood v. Grasey
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the City Court of Mobile. Tried before the Hon. Alex. McKiNStrt. This was a petition for freedom, under section 2049 of the Code, by Grasey and her children, who are described in the proceedings as “persons of African descent,” against Hildreth Bloodgood and his wife, who claimed them as slaves.
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Appeal from the City Court of Mobile. Tried before the Hon. Alex. McKiNStrt. This was a petition for freedom, under section 2049 of the Code, by Grasey and her children, who are described in the proceedings as “persons of African descent,” against Hildreth Bloodgood and his wife, who claimed them as slaves. The petitioners claimed their freedom under a deed of manumission from Josias ~W. Dallam to the maternal grandmother of Grasey, with other slaves ; which was executed in Maryland, and of which the following is a copy: “ To all whom these presents shall come, Greeting : I, Josias "W.…
1Opinion of the CourtWaleek, J.
— The appellees claim freedom under a .deed of manumission, made in. the State of Maryland, in 1787. The deed attempts to provide a prospective emancipation, and is attested by only one witness. The law of Maryland, authorizing such emancipation, was a statute adopted in 1752, which was given in evidence. It is a. question in this ease, whether that act requires the attestation of two subscribing witnesses to a deed of prospective emancipation, or whether that requisition is confined to deeds, the operation of which is contemporaneous-with their delivery. The decision of this question depends…
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