Action to recover the amount of a promissory note, given for the purchase of slaves. Reference made to Wainwright, Administrator v Bridges, May 1867, where it was found that post the Emancipation Proclamation, courts could no longer force obligations of payment based on the sale of slaves.
Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2007. Digitized from a copy held by the Louisiana and Special Collections Department, Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans.
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Louisiana and Special Collections Department, Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans
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