Petition #20784113

Abstract

Wesley Brown, a man of color, asserts that his former master, Stephen Donaldson of Maryland, stipulated in his will that Brown be manumitted when he became twenty-one years of age. But before he reached that age, he was sold by the executor of Donaldson's estate to Thomas J. Godwin, who brought him to Kentucky. Godwin in turn sold him to Francis Bremaker "as a slave for life" and Bremaker has now sold him to T. L. Huff, a slave trader. Brown asks the court to restrain Huff from removing him and to grant him freedom according to Maryland law that prohibits exporting term slaves. [The amended bills establish a more detailed chain of ownership, raise different grounds for freedom, and dispute statements made in the original bill.]

Result: Granted.

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Repository: Kentucky Division of Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky

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