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This indenture made
a certain marriage contract entered into by and between the
the 11-1805
Judy Barn are
other property therein specified was settled and Endowed upon
her the
heirs of
and whereas the
have set up pretentions and claims to
upon the
claim she has petitioned the general Court of the territory
of Louisania
an amicable adjustment
parties and the sd dispersd or likely to terminate in a peaceable
way to the satisfaction of all concernd
now therefore be it known that for the cansels and considera
tions aforesd and of one Dollar paid in hand by the party of
the second part to the party of the first that they
party of the first part that is to say the sd Eusebus
administrators do hereby Grant
to the sd
for the sale and support
the said
claim which they jointly and seperately have in on the
the plantation and stock thereon
or there abouts now
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named hannah
and to hold the same property to them and their constitution
in trust as aforesd forever
and the sd
considerations aforesaid and also of the sum of one Dollar to
them in hand paid do hereby grant bargain
claim to the sd
assigns forever all the right title interest and property they
jointly and seperately have a claim in and to five negroes
named milly harvy JarkMmatt Barn and to
so
after his Death with Revertion to the sd
and John and their heirs and assigns two negroes named
Arch and
be dismissed on the cost of
selves their heirs Executors and assigns do hereby covenant
to and with the said
acting on the behalf of the sd
and John shall and will keep the sd
Jame harmless from all Debts of the sd
contracting before the marriage contract was entered into
by and between
and charges prior to the said marriage contract defending
the same so that the property of sd
tors shall not be after answerable for any of sd Debts nor
their bodies molested theirfor and the said
and John not to be accountable for any of the said debts
contracted since the said marriage the business being fully
understood between parties
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For the true performance of all and singular the covenants
and agreements herein contained the parties aforesaid hereby
bind themselves Jointly and
and administrators each to the other in the penal sum of
three thousand Dollars
In witness whereof the parties aforesaid have here into set
our hands and affixed our seals the day and year first
above writtin
signed sealed and delivered in presence of
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on the Day and years the Date
of the within person by come and appeared Before me
one of the justices of the peace in and
-
in
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The petition of Arch a free blackman
humbly sheweth.
That your petitioner was heretofore the
slave of one
the said
of
the said
under his hand and seal emancipated your
petitioner after the death of him the said
that shortly afterward the said
whereby your petitioner believes he became free.
Your petitioner further states that Bar
nabas
your petitioner as a slave - therefore your
petition prays your honer to make such
order in his behalf to enable him to sue
for his freedom as this law
And
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Petitions
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We command you that the Body of Arch a black man by whatever name
he may be called, under your custory detained, and is said, together with the day
& Cause of the Caption & detention of the said Arch you have before
Beverley
aforesaid at his house in the
forthwith to do and receive what
in this behalf, & have then there this writ.
this
In obedience to the command of the
in the Territory of
ship of St.
of Arch the above named
I claim property as my slave as will appear
by a Bill of sale herewith shown dated the
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precept,
my property. This is the day because of the caption
& detention of the said Arch
Ex Parti
Arch
Writ of
Return thereon & Judgment.
Ten Cents per mile is
allowed for the
bringing up the Body of the
within named Arch
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Ex parte Arch
On an writ of Habias Corpus.
The Return in this Case presents a question which
I am incompetent to
restraint alone. It becomes a controversy in which a right to
personal liberty is alleged on the one hand, and a claim of
property on the
The
Arch
a question of property can be decided. If the Habeus Corpus
Law therefore expressly called upon me to apply this remedy
in this case I should refuse to do so, because in so doing
I must disobey the paramount authority of the Constitution
and the Organic Law. But in fact I do not understand
the Law as requiring any such thing. The legislation on
the same day
claimed as slaves, & I therefore have no doubt they intended
this law for the
spirit of Magna
men - It's language is “
in
The
would present would be "whether the Boy Arch on a day
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was the property of
&
modification of circumstances.
I can do nothing therefore in the case, but leave the
applicant in the
the Remedy which the Law has printed out