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Essex County Massachusetts Freedom Case Participants 1760 - 1783

John Adams (1735-1826)

Biography: Graduates Harvard 1755. Studied law under James Putnam. 1758 Admitted to Suffolk County Bar.1762 Elevated to Barrister. 1764 Marries Abigail Smith. June 1766 Observes Slew vs. Whipple. May 1768 Attorney for Defendant in Margaret vs. Muzzy. September 1768 Attorney for Defendant in Newport vs. Billing. June 1770 elected to MA legislature. October 1770 Attorney for defendants in Boston Massacre Trial. May 1771 Attorney for defendant in Watson vs. Caesar. June 1772 Attorney for Defendant in Casar vs. Taylor (last case involving slavery.) 1774 Elected delegate to First Continental Congress. 1775 Elected delegate to Second Continental Congress. 1778 Leaves for France as diplomat. October 1779 returns to Boston, drafts MA constitution. November 1779 Salils to Europe to negotiate with France and England. October 1783 Signs Treaty of Paris. 1783 Returns to Braintree. 1789 Elected Vice President of the U.S. 1797 - 1801 President of the United States. 1826 Dies.

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Jenny Slew vs. John Whipple, Jr. (1766) Observer
Casar vs. Samuel Taylor (1772) Attorney for original Defendant on Appeal

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