This article reports on the case of an enslaved woman named Lucy Jackson who had been brought from Georgia into Connecticut during the 1830s. When she became concerned that she would be taken back to a southern state, she was encouraged to bring her case to court. The Connecticut court ruled that she was free, since the laws of the state prohibited slavery. The Gazette & Mercury was the newspaper in Greenfield, Massachusetts, from June 27, 1837, to July 13, 1841, when it changed its name to the Gazette & Courier.
Greenfield Gazette and Mercury. “Slave Case in Connecticut.” July 11, 1837. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l05-111/. Accessed on October 16, 2024.
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