Judicial notebook, 1783.

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Judicial notebook, 1783.

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Judicial notebook kept by William Cushing, Chief Justice of the Mass. Supreme Judicial Court, in 1783 regarding the case of the Commonwealth v. Jennison. The case, which involved a black slave Quock Walker, resulted in Cushing's ruling that slavery was inconsistent with the Mass. State Constitution of 1780.

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Jennison, Nathaniel.

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Walker, Quock.

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Cushing, William, 1732-1810

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