Mima Queen & Louisa Queen v. John Hepburn
To the Honble the Judges of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia for Washington County
The petition of Minor or Mina Queen & Louisa her child of Washington County humbly sheweth that your petitioner & her said child are entitled to their freedom & are unjustly held in bondage by a certain John Hepburn of Washington County as slaves. Wherefore she prays your honors to grant her relief in the premisses & as she apprehends that she may be removed out of the Jurisdiction of this Court before the next term thereof, she prays that subpoena may issue to the said John Hepburn retble immediately.
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- Title
- Mima Queen & Louisa Queen v. John Hepburn
- Description
- This unsuccessful freedom suit, brought by Mina Queen, reflected legal challenges to slavery and hinged on the Supreme Court's decison that hearsay about family genealogy could not be used as evidence, setting later precedent.
- Excerpted
- Yes
- Date
- 1813
- Subject
- African Americans
- Procedural History
- U.S. Supreme Court; Circuit Court for the District of Columbia
- Document Type
- Court Case
- Document Category
- Primary Source
- Digital Repository
- O Say Can You See: Early Washington, D.C., Law & Family
- Title
- Mima Queen & Louisa Queen v. John Hepburn
- Description
- This unsuccessful freedom suit, brought by Mina Queen, reflected legal challenges to slavery and hinged on the Supreme Court's decison that hearsay about family genealogy could not be used as evidence, setting later precedent.
- Excerpted
- Yes
- Date
- 1813
- Subject
- African Americans
- Procedural History
- U.S. Supreme Court; Circuit Court for the District of Columbia
- Document Type
- Court Case
- Document Category
- Primary Source
- Digital Repository
- O Say Can You See: Early Washington, D.C., Law & Family