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[1757] 5 Brn 324
Subject_1 DECISIONS of the LORDS OF COUNCIL AND SESSION, reported by SIR JAMES FERGUSON OF KILKERRAN.
Date: Robert Sheddan
v.
James Montgomery Sheddan, a Negro
4 January 1757 Click here to view a pdf copy of this documet : PDF Copy
This case is reported in Fac. Coll. (Mor. 14,545.) Lord Kilkerran has the following note upon the papers.
The Lords generally inclined to find that the negro was not manumitted by his being brought to Scotland, but agreed to pass this bill, that the point might be in the most solemn manner determined ; and on a further motion for the negro, a hearing in presence was appointed.
January 4, 1757.—Mors ultima linea rerum. There the servant shall be free from his master.
The poor young man is dead, and so has put an end to the question, what influence Christian charity or love to our neighbour, whatever his colour is, ought to have.”
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