Jones V Van Zandt

It was an action of debt brought by jones a citizen of kentucky against van zandt a citizen of ohio for a penalty of five hundred dollars under the act of congress passed on the 12th of february 1793 for concealing and harbouring a fugitive slave belonging to the plaintiff.

Jones v van zandt. Supreme court cases a collaborative effort to improve articles related to supreme court cases and the supreme court if you would like to participate you can attached to this page or visit the project page. This case came up from the circuit court of the united states for the district of ohio on a certificate of division in opinion between the judges thereof. Van zandt jones a witness called by the plaintiff stated that the plaintiff owned nine negroes naming them and resided in boone county kentucky. The act is found in 1 statutes at large 302.

Van zandt 46 u s. Low this article has been rated as low importance on the importance scale. The united states supreme court case jones v. They left their master s farm in boone county kentucky hoping to attain freedom in ohio.

Sued for monetary damages by a slaveholder whose escaped slaves he aided abolitionists used van zandt s supreme court appeal as a vehicle to reach the underlying constitutional question. This was an action of debt brought by jones a citizen of kentucky against van zandt a citizen of ohio for a penalty of five hundred dollars under the act of congress passed on 12 february 1793 for concealing and harboring a fugitive slave belonging to the plaintiff. This article is part of wikiproject u s. Jones v van zandt 46 u s.

215 1847 is one of the u s. That the greater part of them were born his and that he purchased the others. On april 23 1842 nine slaves belonging to wharton jones ran away from their owner. Stub this article has been rated as stub class on the quality scale.

The act is found in 1 statutes at large 302. The justices ultimately ruled against abolitionists holding that the fugitive slave law was a valid exercise of the authority granted to congress under the u s. Supreme court cases that considers slavery issues before the civil war. The act is found in 1 stat.

5 how 215 1847 was a landmark united states supreme court decision involving the constitutionality of slavery. In 1842 a civil suit was brought by wharton jones for 500 the value of an escaped slave who had left kentucky with eight other slaves and traveled into ohio. John van zandt was an abolitionist who aided the underground railroad resistance movement in ohio after having been a slaveholder in kentucky. The slaves had been aided by abolitionist and underground railroad conductor john van zandt who had been born in fleming county ky.

Van zandtpitted a kentucky slaveowner against an ohio abolitionist who had assisted nine slaves in search of their freedom.