This case is about slaves or slavery.
Year: | 1794 |
Citation: | 3 Md. 238 |
Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
People: | Elizabeth Shorter, Moll, Linda, Little Robin |
Short Summary: | Arguing freedom on the basis of being linearly descended of a white woman. Granting freedom due to a certificate from Charles county in the year 1702 that this woman became married to a black man. |
Law type: | |
Full name: | Basil Shorter against Henry Rozier |
Court: | General Court of Maryland |