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Collection Reference Number GLC08356
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1799 
Title A request for a writ de homine replegiando
Date 18 March 1799
Document Type Legal document
Content Description Negro woman "Jane" seeks a writ of "Homine Replegiando" (asking the Court to return to freedom) against Edward Worrall.
Subjects Woman Author  Women's History  African American History  Slavery  Law  Freemen  
People Worrall, Edward (fl. 1799)  
Theme Women in American History; Slavery & Abolition; Law; African Americans
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859