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- Title: Beverly v. Brooke
- Author : United States Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 19, 1817
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 56 KB
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The declaration in this cause states, that the defendant 'was master of the brig Sophila, then in the county of Alexandria, and bound on a voyage from thence to Savannah, in the state of Georgia, and from Savannah to New-York, in the state of New-York, and from thence to such other place or places as he, the said defendant, might be directed to go to by the owners of the said brig,' of whom the plaintiff was one. That believing and expecting the defendant would pursue the orders he should receive, as was his duty, he hired to him, for the voyage, the slaves in the declaration mentioned. It appeared in evidence, that these slaves were received on board the vessel as mariners on the usual wages, and without any special contract.