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Indian slavery had been prohibited in Virginia since 1705. 1818: Harry v. Decker & Hopkins: Supreme Court of Mississippi: Decker's slave Harry was freed, and slaves residing in the Northwest Territory become free as per the Ordinance of 1787, and may assert their rights in court. 1820: Polly v. Lasselle: Supreme Court of Indiana
When the French came to present-day Michigan, they had slaves and encouraged native people to trade enslaved people. [2] Most of slaves in present-day Michigan resided in Detroit or at the trading post at the Straits of Mackinac, later on Mackinac Island. [6] Slavery was practiced in Detroit since its founding in 1701. [4]
Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co., 392 U.S. 409 (1968), is a landmark United States Supreme Court case which held that Congress could regulate the sale of private property to prevent racial discrimination: "[42 U.S.C. § 1982] bars all racial discrimination, private as well as public, in the sale or rental of property, and that the statute, thus construed, is a valid exercise of the power of ...
"This lawsuit highlights the pervasive discrimination and retaliation that continues to exist within the Michigan State Police," Patrick O'Keefe, one of Surbrook's attorneys, said in a news release.
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With as much as two-thirds of manumissions in Maryland structured as "term slavery", African Americans contested many of these arrangements, some of them in the courts. [17] For an example of a freedom suit with a dispute over "term slavery", see Lizette Lee et al. v. Augustus Preuss and related cases, Circuit Court of the District of Columbia ...