On the record
On the trial he was shown to have been free by the act of his master in sending him into a free State; but under cover of an infamous law, and by the help of truculent officials, he was remanded into slavery.
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Julian recounts a legal case where a man was wrongfully returned to slavery despite evidence of his freedom.
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