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Stratton, Samuel, fl. 1839 Report of the Holden slave case, tried at the January term of the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Worcester, A.D. 1839.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06356 Author/Creator: Stratton, Samuel, fl. 1839 Place Written: Worcester, Massachusetts Type: Pamphlet Date: 1839 Pagination: 1 v. : 32 p. : Height: 21.7 cm, Width: 13.8 cm Order a Copy

Printed by Colton and Howland for the Board of Directors of the Holden Anti-Slavery Society. Discusses "the case of Commonwealth vs. Samuel Stratton, Samuel Foster, James E. Cheney, and Farnum White, Jun., who were charged in the indictment with a conspiracy to defraud Olivia Eames of Holden, of the voluntary services of her servant girl, named Anne, without her consent..."

Stratton, Samuel, fl. 1839

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