Fish v. Fisher
New York Supreme Court
In homine replegiando. This cause came before the court on a special verdict. The material facts it contained are as follows: The plaintiff was the slave of one Van Voorst, who resided at Bergen, in the state of New Jersey.
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In homine replegiando. This cause came before the court on a special verdict. The material facts it contained are as follows: The plaintiff was the slave of one Van Voorst, who resided at Bergen, in the state of New Jersey. He ran away from his master, and came to the city of New York.' Van Voorst came to New York on the 26th of February, 1795, and entered into an agreement with the defendant, under his hand and seal, by which, for the consideration of 225 dollars, he let the plaintiff, who was twenty-five years of age, to the defendant for twenty years, with authority to correct, imprison,…
1Opinion of the Court
*Radcliff, J.
By the act of the 22d of February, 1788, in order “ to prevent the further importation of slaves into this state,” it is enacted, that if any person shall sell as a slave within this state any negro or other person who has been imported or brought into this state after the 1st June, 1785, he shall be deemed guilty of a public of-fence, and forfeit 100Ü. and the person so imported or brought into this state shall be free.
1. The first question is, whether the slave was brought into this state within the meaning of the act.
2. Whether the letting to hire, as above stated, was a sale…
2Cited by1 opinion
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