Jury instruction regarding Northwest Ordinance I

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“Jury Instruction Regarding Northwest Ordinance I”. Second Circuit Court Trial, 1849-1850, 1850, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 4, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/108511

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Filing Name: Jury instruction regarding Northwest Ordinance I
Description: Jury instruction regarding boundaries of free states defined in the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, refered to as Instruction B
Date: 1850-01-12
Court Term: November 1849
Is Part Of: Second Circuit Court Trial, 1849-1850
Identifier: dre1850.0077.078
Case ID: ccr1849.0000.066
Source: Missouri State Archives - St. Louis
Rights: Public Domain
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Transcription: > Legal Function: jury instructions

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> Document: Jury instructions re: testimony of Mrs. Samuel Russell

Dred Scott

vs ^ Given. ^

Irene Emerson

^ ✓Given ^ 1[?] ^ If the Jury believe from the evidence that the plaintiff was held in Slavery by the deceased Doctor Emerson at Fort Snelling situated in the Territory of the United States North West of the river Ohio, as defined by the act of Congress of July 12 — 1787. entitled “An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States North West of the River, Ohio, at any time after said ordinance went into effect, and at the time was the property of Said Emerson, then Said Plaintiff is entitled to his freedom —

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Item sets: Dred Scott Collection; Second Circuit Court Trial, 1849-1850