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Essex County Massachusetts Freedom Case Participants 1760 - 1783

Richard Greenleaf (-)

Newburyport

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Casar Hendrick vs. Richard Greenleaf (1773) Defendant
Pomp Somerset vs. Richard Greenleaf (1776) Defendant

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• Dated December 12, 1754. Bill of Sale of "molatto slave" Casar, 16 years old, from Joseph Woodbridge, boat builder to Richard Greenleaf, Gentleman.
  Citation: Casear vs Greenleaf Esq, Essex County Court of Common Pleas, September 1773, 29.

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• Dated March 16, 1773 Writ to summons Richard Greenleaf to answer to Casar Hendrick's charge of Trespass by Force & Arms. Sheriff note on reverse and signed with Casar's mark attested to by Charles Freeman.
  Citation: Casear vs Greenleaf Esq, Essex County Court of Common Pleas, September 1773, 29.

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• Dated September 28, 1773. Record of original writ and disposition of Casar Hendrick vs. Greenleaf. Hendrick claimed to be wrongfully enslaved as a "molatto". ECCP Jury found for Plaintiff for eighteen pounds money damages and costs.
  Citation: Casear vs Greenleaf Esq, Essex County Court of Common Pleas, September 1773, 29.

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• Dated October 2, 1773. Recognizance of Greenleaf's debt to Casar of 18 pounds should Greenleaf not appeal.
  Citation: Casear vs Greenleaf Esq, Essex County Court of Common Pleas, September 1773, 29.

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• Dated December 5, 1776 Writ for Trespass by Force & Arms and enslavement by Pomp Somerset against Richard Greenleaf.
  Citation: Pomp vs. Greenleaf (1776), Essex County Court of Common Pleas, Salem, December 1776.

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• Record of ECCP Court Session December 1, 1776. Defandant defaulted.
  Citation: Pomp vs. Greenleaf (1776), Essex County Court of Common Pleas, Salem, December 1776.

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• Judgement that Pomp should recover damages. Pomp, through his attorney, T. Parsons, remitted "all damages & costs whatsover which should have been adjudged to him."
  Citation: Pomp vs. Greenleaf (1776), Essex County Court of Common Pleas, Salem, December 1776.

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• Docket entry for ECCP December 1776 for Pomp vs. Greenleaf. Defendant defaulted.
  Citation: Pomp vs. Greenleaf (1776), Essex County Court of Common Pleas, Salem, December 1776.