Georgia, Supreme Court, Decatur : Gorman v Campbell, August 1853 [printed].

Death of slave called London, who was worth about [dollars] 500. This slave was drowned after being hired as a boat hand on the steamboat 'Sam Jones'. The ferry owner claimed that it was the slave's own fault that he died. Gorman, the slave-owner, claimed that the boat-owner must be h...

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Corporate Author:	Adam Matthew Digital (Firm) (digitiser.)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Series:	Slavery, abolition & social justice.
Subjects:	Court records Death Rivers Enslaved persons > Prices Enslaved persons > Social conditions Steamboats Georgia
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