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"Judge Jacob and his Dinah" (magazine article)

JudgeJacob&HisDinah.pdf
This 1914 article explains the notorious case of the Selectmen of Windsor v. Stephen Jacob, Esq. The defendant had held a negro woman, Dinah, as a slave for many years but when she became infirm the town became responsible for her care. The…