Collection: Slave Records in the Discrete Manuscript Collection / Date Range (beta): 1799 - Lowcountry Digital Library Catalog Search Search Results

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1. Case of enslaved women named Maria, 1799

Case of enslaved women named Maria, 1799

Date:: 1799
Description:: This document is a summary of a court case involving a slave woman named Maria (referenced as "negro woman") accused of striking a white person.

2. Case of Lydia Witten, 1799

Case of Lydia Witten, 1799

Date:: 1799
Description:: This document is a court case discussing a law suit to recover wages brought by Lydia Witten, a midwife who delivered the child of a slave women (referenced as "negro woman") without the consent of her master.