This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1770 |
| Citation: | 1 Md. 371 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
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| Short Summary: | Upholding a 1663 law that a slave born to a black father is a slave for life as their father was. Ruling that a 1681 law repealing this law for any slaves born of white women and black fathers for the purpose of making slaves does not apply. The 1681 law is not ex post facto. |
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| Full name: | William and Mary Butler against Richard Boarman |
| Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |