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Manuscript from the State of Alabama Circuit Court regarding ownership of enslaved persons, named Jane, Clarissa, and Peter
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- September 10, 1843 (Creation)
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"In the document, Gewin claims that he does not detain the slaves, named Jane, Clarissa, and Peter, but that they are in fact the 'lawful property of one Alexander D. Neill,' and that Leeper should drop the complaint. On March 9, 1841, 'the branch of the Bank of the State of Alabama at Decatur obtained judgment in the circuit court of Morgan County, Alabama, in its action against said Neill for the sum of fifteen hundred & seventy five dollars.' The case was turned over to the Sheriff who, according to state law, was to 'sell the said negro slaves Jane, Clarissa & Peter (with the other said property) so levied and detained as aforesaid as the property of the said Alexander D. Neill.' --description from Bernett Penka Rare Books, bookseller