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Plea before the honorable judges John Taylor and William B Shields of the state of Mississippi for the Superior Court at Claibourne County regarding the case of an enslaved man named Frank. The plea asserts that Thomas Mosely of Claibourne County had owned Frank, but had lost him in Port Gibson, MS, and that Hector McNeill had found Frank, but had not returned him to Moseley despite being aware that Moseley was his owner, and had emjoyed the benefit of Frank's labor.

Approximate Creation Date

1819-04-01

Time Period

1810-1819

Subjects

Slaveholders ; Slavery -- Mississippi ; Slavery -- Mississippi -- History -- Sources ; Slaveholders; Legal Documents

Keywords

slavery; enslaved persons; Mississippi; estate files; probate files; Adams County; William Barland Sr.

Disciplines

African American Studies | Cultural History | United States History

Geographic Location

Adams County (Miss.)

Object Type

Text

Physical Format

Document

Digital Format

TIFF

Physical ID

Estate of William Barland Snr., deceased, and of William Barland Jnr., deceased, William Barland Sr. and William Barland Jr. Probate File, Box 2, Adams County Probate Records, Historic Natchez Foundation

Digital ID

HNF_Box2_BarlandWilliamSrEstate_1816_6_s

Source

William Barland Sr. and William Barland Jr. Probate File, Box 2, Adams County Probate Records, Historic Natchez Foundation

Repository

Historic Natchez Foundation

Publisher

Historic Natchez Foundation

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries

Rights

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Barland William Sr. -Plea before the honorable judges John Taylor and William B Shields of the state of Mississippi for the Superior Court at Claibourne County regarding the case of an enslaved man named Frank.

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