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Samuel Reeler v. Matthew Robinson

United States. Circuit Court (District of Columbia) - Alexandria (Washington, D.C.)

Claim for Freedom Made

Importation Violation
Manumission

Outcome

Judgment for Petitioner

Case Documents

• Samuel Reeler v. Matthew Robinson. Affidavit of Abraham Faw (March 31, 1819)
• Samuel Reeler v. Matthew Robinson. Summons of Matthew Robinson (September 1, 1819)
• Samuel Reeler v. Matthew Robinson. Summons of Elizabeth Sullivan (November 10, 1819)
• Samuel Reeler v. Matthew Robinson. Summons of Alexander Moore (April 28, 1820)
• Samuel Reeler v. Matthew Robinson. Summons of John Longden (April 28, 1820)
• Samuel Reeler v. Matthew Robinson. Summons of Thomas Hartley & Betsey Coleman (April 28, 1820)
• Samuel Reeler v. Matthew Robinson. Affidavit of Mrs. Coleman
• Samuel Reeler v. Matthew Robinson. Demurrer
• Samuel Reeler v. Matthew Robinson. Petition for Freedom

Related Documents

• Samuel Reeler v. Matthew Robinson. Circuit Court Report (November 1820)

People

Plaintiff(s):

• Reeler, Samuel

Defendant(s):

• Robinson, Matthew

Attorney for Plaintiff(s):

• Hewitt
• Mason, Thomson Francis, 1785-1838

Attorney for Defendant(s):

• Taylor, Robert I.

Participants:

• Betty
• Boa, Cavan
• Caton
• Coleman, Betsey
• Cranch, William, 1769-1855
• Faw, Abraham
• Halley, S.
• Harrison, Barbara
• Harrison, Samuel
• Hartley, Thomas
• Hewitt
• John
• Johnson, Reuben
• Lee, Edmund J.
• Longden, John
• Marsteller
• Mason, Thomson Francis, 1785-1838
• Minor, Daniel
• Moore, Alexander
• Reeler, Samuel
• Ringgold, Tench
• Robinson, Matthew
• Shelton
• Sullivan, Elizabeth
• Sylvia
• Taylor, Robert I.
• Thruston, Buckner, 1763-1845
• Wells, John

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