This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1850 |
| Citation: | 9 Gill 79 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
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| Short Summary: | Arguing that real estate conveyances should be deducted from the son's share of father's property; and should mean the slaves should be free to go to a freed state or Liberia. Reversing the lower court's decision and concluding that a testamentary disposition from the testator is necessary for a deed of manumission. |
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| Full name: | Hezekiah G. Hayden vs. H. D. Burch and wife, et al. |
| Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |