Commonwealth v. Jennison
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commonwealth-v-jennison-263-13056772
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Commonwealth v. Jennison
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Nathaniel Jennison was a court case in Massachusetts in 1783 that effectively abolished slavery in that state. It was the third in a series of cases which became known as the Quock Walker cases. Nathaniel Jennison was arrested for beating Quock Walker and indicted on a criminal charge of assault and battery in September 1781. The trial before the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts was held in April 1783. Jennison's defense was that Walker was a runaway slave
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_v._Jennison
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2024-02-25T15:31:00Z
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