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Jeremiah Chase and Slavery

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Date: 1748 to 1828
Location: Annapolis, Marylandmap
Surname/tag: Maryland Slavery
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The Slavery expereience of Judge Jeremiah Townley Chase (1748-1828)

Impact of Slavery on Legal Opinions

"Having owned 11 slaves, by mid-1780s Chase was of the opinion Maryland's slaves should be freed. At the 1788 state ratification convention he spoke against slavery being supported by a federal Constitution. He was one of 12 leaders who voted against the federal Constitution's ratification." [1]

See Space: Fighting Against Enslavement -- The Children of Mary Molloyd

The Eleanor Toogood Case -- 1783

Ownership of Slaves

One of the enslaved persons in his household was named Cate, She had a son Benjamin in 1790 with Nicholas Toogood, a free person of color. Two years later, Nicholas bought his son from Chase for £15 and set him free the same day.[2]

Sources

  1. ↑ Jon L. Wakelyn, 2004. Birth of the Bill of Rights: Biographies. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 42–43. Cited by Wikipedia
  2. ↑ Archives of Maryland (Biographical Series) Mary Toogood. MSA SC 5496-3361 Accomplice to slave flight, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, 1844.




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Marlena j
Jeremiah T. Chase made out his last will and testament in which he provided that slaves were to be left to his children and grandchildren. They were to receive their freedom at various future times such as: Pat, Grace and Charles would be freed within one month "after my decease if they should elect to be free should they not it is my will they should be provided for out of my estate by my son Richard M. Chase." Grace was recorded to be 60 years old, Charles was 50 and Pat was 70. Vachel, Jim and Hannah were to be freed two years after his decease. Others were three years after. Others when they reached age 31. Children born from the enslaved mothers were to be freed when they arrived at age 31. This is on pages 366 and 367 of the book that contains his will held by the Maryland Archives: Liber JG 39 folio 362. He did a codicil to his will saying that he wanted the Executor to give the enslaved people to whom they had been devised "as soon as conventiently may be after my decease." Pg 370
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Categories: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Slave Owners