Rachel v. Walker
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rachel-v-walker-299-6325726
title:
Rachel v. Walker
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Rachel v. Walker (1834) was a "freedom suit" filed in the St. Louis Circuit Court by an African woman named Rachel who had been enslaved. She petitioned for her freedom and that of her son James (John) Henry from William Walker, based on having been held illegally as a slave in the free territory of Michigan by a previous master, an Army officer. Her case was appealed to the Supreme Court of Missouri, where she won in 1836. The court ruled that an Army officer forfeited his slave if he took the
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Freedom suit in Missouri Supreme Court (1836)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_v._Walker
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2024-04-14T19:17:41Z
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