This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1850 |
| Citation: | 9 Gill 156 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
| People: | Rachael, Aaron |
| Short Summary: | Disputing the actual manumission date of the mother in order to prove the petitioner's, Rachael's children, free. Holding that the deed of manumission was not necessary to prove the manumission. A person is presumed free when acting as a free person for a substantial period of time (here more than 26 years.) |
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| Full name: | Josias Clements vs. Catharine Smith and Francis B. Burgess, Adm'rs of Francis Smith |
| Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |