Cases adjudged in the Supreme Court of New-Jersey; relative to the
manumission of Negroes and others holden in bondage. | ||
April Term, 1793.
The STATE against BENJAMIN COVENHOVEN.
On Habeas Corpus of Negro Agnus, claiming her Freedom. [The Writ returned and filed.]
THE Court having considered this Case, and it appearing that the same depends on the Decisions in the Case of the State against James Anderson, on the Habeas Corpus of Negro Silas, September Term, 1790, ordered that the said Negro Agnus be discharged, and entirely liberated from the Custody of the said Benjamin Covenhoven, on Motion of the Attorney-General.
Cases adjudged in the Supreme Court of New-Jersey; relative to the
manumission of Negroes and others holden in bondage. | ||