Three Matters decided by the Virginia Governor’s Council July 9, 1640
This is a story of three indentured servants who run away from their master, are caught 10 days later and brought before the court to...
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Treaty of Paris 1763
This treaty marked the end of the French & Indian War between France and England. It is significant to Michigan which was a French...
Sommersett v Stewart (1772)
This ruling in British courts determined that slavery in England could not be supported by common law. This legal success of Somerset and...
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
This ordinance led to the creation of new states in this area and the expansion of civil liberties including outlawing slavery. In...
US Fugitive Slave Act of 1793
Jurisdiction to US district court and state judges and magistrates to issue certificates of removal to slaveholders to seize fugitive...
The Jay Treaty of 1794
Guaranteed the property rights of resident slave owners. Twenty-four slaves lived in the original Michigan territory according to the...
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