This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1848 |
| Citation: | 6 Gill 299 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
| People: | Stephen Cornish |
| Short Summary: | Concluding that there is nothing restricting the sale of manumitted slaves to repay debts of an estate. Even after the manumitted slaves establish themselves as free in the community. "It was never the design of the General Assembly, therefore, by the act of 1796, this to prejudice the rights of creditors, by legalizing the proceedings complained of. |
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| Full name: | Negro Stephen Cornish vs. Jacob Willson |
| Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |