Open AccessTesting "Liberty" in New Jersey, 1775-1793: The Intersection of Slavery and Select Manumission Supreme Court Cases
Author(s) -
Sue Kozel
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
new jersey history
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2151-3619
DOI - 10.14713/njh.v127i1.1754
Subject(s) - supreme court , style (visual arts) , law , span (engineering) , history , political science , archaeology , engineering , civil engineering
Abstract: Through an examination of materials from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania collections (the Richard Waln Papers and the Pennsylvania Abolition Society Papers) and the New Jersey State Archives, the paper highlights select sample writs of habeas corpus and manumission cases before the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1775-1783. The stories narrated in these documents tells a story of freedom – and lack of freedom – in New Jersey during and after the American Revolution.