[265] Respublica v. Richards, 2 Dallas 224–228; Commonwealth v. Smyth, 1 Browne 113, 114; Laws of Assembly, 1847, p. 208. This law was affirmed by the courts in 1849. Kauffman v. Oliver 10 Pa. State Rep. (Barr), 517–518. It was at times contested by the citizens of other states, as in the famous episode of J. H. Wheeler’s slaves in 1855. Cf. Narrative of Facts in the Case of Passmore Williamson. In this case the Federal District Court held that Pa. had no jurisdiction over the right of transit. In 1860 a negress was brought from Va. to Pa. She was at once told that she was free; but when her master returned she went back with him. Phila. Inquirer, Aug. 29, 1860.
[266] J. of H., 1821–1822, pp. 628, 637, 950; J. of S., 1821–1822, pp. 325, 330, 331. For a vivid description cf. Parrish, Remarks on the Slavery of the Black People (1806), 21.
[267] If the mother had absconded before she became pregnant. Commonwealth v. Holloway (1816), 2 Sergeant and Rawle 305. Cf. Niles’s Weekly Register, X, 400.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE.
Edward Raymond Turner was born May 28, 1881, in Baltimore, Maryland, where he obtained his earlier education. After receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts at St. Johns College, Annapolis, 1904, he taught in the Baltimore schools. He entered the Johns Hopkins University in 1907, and was Fellow in History 1909–1910.
Transcriber’s Note
A reference to p. 111 in note 87 on p. 29 seems incorrect. The final page of this text is p. 88.
The following likely printer’s errors were corrected:
| p. 7 | The Manufac[t]urer | Added. |
| p. 26 | Cf / Cf | Italic. |
| p. 27 n. 30 | Col. Rec.[,] I, 61; | Added. |
| p. 47 n. 40 | [in Mem./in Mem.] Hist. Soc. Pa. | Font error. |