Georgia, Supreme Court, Decatur : Harden and wife et al v Mangham, executor [printed].

Georgia, Supreme Court, Decatur : Harden and wife et al v Mangham, executor [printed].

Christiana Hall died having appointed Wiley E Mangham as her executor. By her will she bequeathed her slaves Charity and Starling to Mangham, who was requested to afford them as many privileges and liberties as the laws of this State will permit negro slaves to possess or enjoy. Hall's heirs-at...

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Corporate Author: Adam Matthew Digital (Firm) (digitiser.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Series:Slavery, abolition & social justice.
Subjects:
Court records
Slavery
Enslaved persons > Emancipation
Wills
Enslaved women
Georgia > Pike County
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:Christiana Hall died having appointed Wiley E Mangham as her executor. By her will she bequeathed her slaves Charity and Starling to Mangham, who was requested to afford them as many privileges and liberties as the laws of this State will permit negro slaves to possess or enjoy. Hall's heirs-at-law entered a caveat, arguing that this clause amounted to de facto manumission and so was void due to illegality. The court refused to give this charge to the jury and the caveators excepted. The Supreme Court found that the bequest to Mangham was a straightforward one in fee simple; Hall had explicitly recognised the impossibility of manumission and had given the slaves to Mangham merely with the request that they be allowed the enjoyment of all the privileges that their slave status might permit them. Judgment affirmed.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Location of Originals/Duplicates Note:Georgia Archives

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