"Judge Jacob and his Dinah" (magazine article)

JudgeJacob&HisDinah.pdf

Title

"Judge Jacob and his Dinah" (magazine article)

Creator

Wardner, Henry Steele, 1867-1935.

Description

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 selectmen sued Jacob for the care of the woman. This article was written by the man who found the original bill of sale in the basement of the Windsor town hall in 1889 or 1890.

Publisher

The Vermonter, vol. 19, no. 5-6 (May-June 1914): 80-88.

Date

May-June 1914

Source

Vermont Historical Society printed collection (974.3 V598v).

Identifier

JudgeJacob&HisDinah.jpg

Repository

Vermont Historical Society Library, 60 Washington Street, Barre, Vermont 05641

Citation

Wardner, Henry Steele, 1867-1935., “"Judge Jacob and his Dinah" (magazine article),” Digital Vermont: A Project of the Vermont Historical Society, accessed March 28, 2024, https://www.digitalvermont.org/items/show/1849.