Louisiana, Supreme Court, New Orleans : Dowty v Templeton et al, December 1854.

The plaintiff successfully sued the defendants for damages for the death of his slave. The slave boarded the defendants' steamer, which was moored in the port of New Orleans, to sell milk to the steward. On returning to shore along the planks connecting the boat to the shore, the slave fell and...

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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 Enslaved persons Steamboats
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