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slave 'residence'

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From 29 U.S. 287 - Francis Lagrange v. Pierre Chouteau Jun · 1830Most cited · 1 citing opinions

The right of the plaintiff to liberty was supposed by the court to depend on the question of his being purchased in fact by a citizen of Illinois, and on his being carried to Illinois with a view to a residence in that state.