This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1861 |
| Citation: | 17 Md. 92 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
| People: | Rose |
| Short Summary: | Testator bequathing a slave to his wife to serve for seven years and then to be free. Holding that a master has the right to manumit his slave provided that such manumission does not conflict with the interest of creditors. When administration is afterwards had upon the estate, it relates back to hte time of hte testator's death, meaning hte wife had full title of the slave. |
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| Full name: | William Cecil, Admr., of Mercy Owens, vs. Negro Rose and others |
| Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |