Kidnapping -- Connecticut -- Sources; Slaves -- Connecticut -- Lisbon; Slavery -- United States -- History -- Sources; African Americans -- Connecticut -- History -- Sources; Cleveland, Aaron; Ryan, William; Shoram
1790 June
Cleveland accused Ryan of kidnapping Shoram, a male Negro child, from the family of Ezra Clark of Lisbon and taking him to South Carolina to be enslaved. Ryan found guilty and he appealed to the Superior Court.
Joseph Negro, a transient person, was accused of stealing goods from the house of Benoni Hills of Goshen in November 1753. Arrested and lacking resources for bail, he was jailed in the Litchfield County jail. He escaped in early 1754 and...
Kidnapping -- Connecticut -- Sources; Slaves -- Connecticut -- Hebron; Slavery -- United States -- History -- Sources; African Americans -- Connecticut -- History -- Sources; Peters, Caesar; Mann, John; Mann, Nathaniel
1789 Dec.
On September 25, 1787, Caesar Peters, his wife, and eight children were kidnapped in Hebron and taken to Preston for the purpose of transporting them south and enslavement. The family was rescued and Peters sued John and Nathaniel Mann for £2,000...
Kidnapping -- Connecticut -- Sources; Slaves -- Connecticut -- Hebron; Slavery -- United States -- History -- Sources; African Americans -- Connecticut -- History -- Sources; Peters, Caesar; Mann, John; Mann, Nathaniel
1790 Mar.
Appeal of Peters from a decision of the New London County Court in a kidnapping case. On September 25, 1787, Caesar Peters, his wife, and eight children were kidnapped in Hebron by John and Nathaniel Mann and taken to Preston for the purpose of...
Military pensions -- United States -- Revolution, 1775-1783; Military pensions -- Connecticut; Connecticut -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation, African American; African Americans -- Connecticut -- History -- Sources; Beamont,...
1820 June
Deposition by Beamont, an African American, that he served in the Continental Line during the American Revolution and is deserving of a pension due to his poverty.
Petition for divorce by James, a slave of Mrs. Abigail Hide of Norwich, from Grace, a servant of Jonathan Trumbull of Lebanon, on grounds of desertion. Petition granted. This may be the earliest divorce case involving African Americans in...
Trials (Slander); Libel and slander; African Americans -- Connecticut -- History -- Sources; Brownson, Ozias; London; Phillis; Winchester (Conn.)
1787 Mar. 15
A case of defamation and slander involving Ozias Brownson of Winchester who falsely accused Phillis, a Negro Woman and wife of London, of calling his wife a Bitch. Phillis was jailed for four months, her reputation was harmed, and her health...
Gambling; African Americans -- Connecticut -- History -- Sources; Brown, William H.; Stone, James; Buckly, Harry; Cleaver, Tobias; Whaples, Cromanta L.; Smith, Elias B.; Brown, Nathaniel; Thompson, Jacob; Litchfield (Conn.)
1817 Mar. 24
The State of Connecticut indicted William H. Brown, a man of Colour of Litchfield, in March 1817 for violating the state law against gaming. Specifically, he was charged with knowingly allowing several people to game, play, & hazard at Cards at...
Burglary; Escapes; Webb, William R., 1834-1868; Stafford (Conn.); Subpoena; Costs (Law)
circa 1855-1856
William Webb broke out of jail before witnesses could testify in the burglary case of State v. William R. Webb and Cyrus Freeman. His case, now called State v. William R. Webb (Feb. 1856), was nolled in the February 1856 court session. After he was...
Burglary; Escapes; Prisons -- Connecticut; Subpoena; Costs (Law); Stafford (Conn.); Tolland (Conn.); Webb, William R., 1834-1868
circa 1856-1857
William Webb was charged with burglarizing the store of Selden Hare of Stafford on May 1, 1855. The case was originally brought before the court in the November 1855 session as State v. William R. Webb and Cyrus Freeman. Webb broke out of jail...
Burglary; Escapes; Prisons -- Connecticut; Costs (Law); Stafford (Conn.); Webb, William R., 1834-1868; Freeman, Cyrus
circa 1855
William Webb and Cyrus Freeman were charged with burglarizing the store of Selden Hare of Stafford on May 1, 1855. Freeman plead guilty and was sentenced to one year in the state prison. Webb broke out of jail before witnesses could testify. His...
