Slavery

Scope and Contents This collection contains a bound volume of orders related to measures taken by Queen Anne's County, Maryland, courts to protect property (collect debts, etc.) written down by Joshua Seney. At the front there is a table of contents listing offenses with page numbers where the reader can see each related law and justification of judgement. As the volume does not contain named plaintiffs or defendants, it seems to be a guidebook rather than a record of verdicts handed down. The frontispiece was...