This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1859 |
| Citation: | 24 Tex. 563 |
| Jurisdiction: | Texas |
| People: | Lewis John Redrolls |
| Short Summary: | A free man cannot sell himself into slavery. Charges against Westbrook for kidnapping and imprisoning Lewis John Redroll for purposes of making him a slave. Argument that Lewis sold himself into slavery invalid. |
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| Full name: | Thomas M. Westbrook And Others V. The State |
| Court: | Supreme Court of Texas |