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Delilah, Juliann, Thornton, George, James, John William, & Spencer v. George Jacobs & Augustine B. Williams

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

Claim for Freedom Made

Importation Violation

Outcome

Verdict for Petitioner May 3, 1832

Case Documents

• Delilah v. George Jacobs & Augustine B. Williams. Petition for Freedom (May 3, 1832)
• Delilah v. George Jacobs & Augustine B. Williams. Summons of George Jacobs & Augustine B. Williams (May 3, 1832)
• Delilah v. George Jacobs & Augustine B. Williams. Summons of Thomas Tucker, Edward Adams, & Austin Adams (November 7, 1832)
• Delilah v. George Jacobs & Augustine B. Williams. Summons of George Minor et al. (November 7, 1832)
• Delilah v. George Jacobs & Augustine B. Williams. Complaint

Related Documents

• Delilah v. George Jacobs & Augustine B. Williams. Circuit Court Report (October 1832)

People

Plaintiff(s):

• Delilah
• George
• James
• John William
• Juliann
• Spencer
• Thornton

Defendant(s):

• Jacobs, George
• Williams, Augustine B.

Attorney for Plaintiff(s):

• Mason, Thomson Francis, 1785-1838

Attorney for Defendant(s):

• Neale, Christopher

Participants:

• Adams, Austin L.
• Adams, Edward
• Adams, John
• Adams, William
• Childs, John
• Cranch, William, 1769-1855
• Daniel, Catharine
• Delilah
• George
• Jacobs, George
• James
• John William
• Juliann
• Lee, Edmund J.
• Lynn, Adam
• Mason, Thomson Francis, 1785-1838
• Minor, George
• Minor, William
• Neale, Christopher
• Nelly
• Scott, Charles
• Scott, James
• Spencer
• Thornton
• Tucker, Thomas
• Tucker, William
• Williams, Augustine B.

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