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The South Bend Slave Case, Involving the Right to a Writ of Habeas Corpus. [cover title.] 24 pages. Small 8vo, original printed wrappers, slight wear. New York, 1851
John Norris of Kentucky owned the Powells, a family of 6 slaves. He allowed them to farm a small piece of land and occasionally to carry their produce across the state line to sell in Indiana. However, one time while in Indiana the Powell family fled. They proceeded to Michigan where they bought some land and began farming. Two years later, Norris tracked them down and, with the aid of eight other men, kidnapped Mrs. Powell and three children. They were eventually ordered freed by a judge, but Norris then sued the Powell family's lawyer. This pamphlet recounts the whole affair. See Finkelman, Slavery in the Courtroom, pages. 80-83.
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