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Quock Walker was born in Massachusetts in 1753 to enslaved parents Mingo and Dinah, who were believed to be Akan people. He is believed to have been named Kwaku, Akan for "boy born on Wednesday," a traditional day-naming practice among the Akan people.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Nathaniel Jennison was a court case in Massachusetts in 1783 that effectively abolished slavery in that state. [1] [2] It was the third in a series of cases which became known as the Quock Walker cases.
Caldwell (for "deprivation of the benefit of his servant, Walker"), apparently heard and decided first, and Quock Walker v. Jennison (for assault and battery), [citation needed] both heard by the Worcester County Court of Common Pleas on June 12, 1781. Jennison v. Caldwell. A man named Jennison argued that one Caldwell had enticed away his ...
The decision in the 1781 case of Elizabeth Freeman was cited as precedent when the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court heard the appeal of Quock Walker v. Jennison later that year and upheld Walker's freedom. These cases set the legal precedents that ended slavery in Massachusetts.
Quock Walker v. Jennison: Worcester County Court of Common Pleas: Jennison's slave, Quock Walker, was found to be a freedman on the basis that slavery was contrary to the Bible and the Massachusetts Constitution. 1783: Commonwealth v. Jennison: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Massachusetts Emancipation Day, also known as Quock Walker Day, was established by the state legislature in 2022 and first legally observed statewide in 2023. [66] It was observed in the town of Lexington starting in 2020. [66]
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler and his wife, McKenzie Marcinek, have been going strong since they were teenagers. The couple first met in kindergarten but didn’t start talking to ...
This case set a state precedent, based on the ruling that slavery was irreconcilable with the new state constitution of 1780. It was based on equality of persons, although the constitution did not specifically address slavery. This county court case was cited in the appeal of the more well-known case of Quock Walker v.