¶1refused to instruct the jury that the petitioner was entitled to freedom by being sent from the city of Washington to Virginia for sale, and not being sold, brought back to the city, after an absence of eight or nine months.
2 D.C. 102
Violette v. Ball
Decided June 15, 1814
<p>A slave does not acquire a right to freedom by being sent from Washington to Virginia for sale, and, not being sold, brought back after eight or nine months’ absence.</p>
Decided 1814-06-15