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Manuscripts Regarding a Court Case Involving Slavery: Benjamin Green vs. Robert Kelly

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3478

Overview

Group of six manuscript documents, 26 total pages, dated 1827-1830, regarding a court case, Benjamin Green vs. Robert Kelly, involving the determination of a slave's value for one year of work in Lewisburg, Greenbrier County. List of documents: 1) deposition of Benjamin Green making charge, 4 pp., 1827; 2) depositions of John Duffield, Robert Duffield, and others, 8 pp., 10/9/1828; 3) deposition of Duffield, 4 pp., 8/29/1829; 4) summation of case, 2 pp., n.d.; 5) court decision, 4 pp., 6/17/1830; 6) accounting of interest and labor, 4 pp., 11/1/1830. There are transcripts for documents two and six.

Dates

  • Creation: 1827-1830

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

No special access restriction applies.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.

Extent

0.01 Linear Feet (Summary: 1/4 in.)

Physical Location

West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/

Title
Manuscripts Regarding a Court Case Involving Slavery: Benjamin Green vs. Robert Kelly, 1827-1830
Author
Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History Center
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the West Virginia and Regional History Center Repository

Contact:
1549 University Ave.
P.O. Box 6069
Morgantown WV 26506-6069 US
304-293-3536