This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1849 |
| Citation: | 2 Fla. 553 |
| Jurisdiction: | Supreme Court of FL |
| People: | Maria |
| Short Summary: | Conditioned upon making a slave free. Adopting the law of South Carolina, a slave could not be permitted to go as free without becoming liable to be seized and sold. Additionally stating that freed persons of color were not allowed to enter FL after 1829 and if she was a freed person, she would not be allowed to be free regardless. |
| Law type: | Dispute over Directing an Estate on Conditions |
| Full name: | Samuel S. Sibley, Appellant, vs. Maria, a woman of color, Appellee |
| Court: | Florida Supreme Court |