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Image: Commodore William Bainbridge re enslaved seaman James Hutton 6 June 1825 service on board USS Columbus and USS Spark

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Description: Commodore William Bainbridge re enslaved seaman James Hutton 6 June 1825 service on board USS Columbus and USS Spark. This letter was part of the evidence in the freedom suit Hutton v Belt 1825, where the District of Columbia court found Lt. William J Belt by entering the enslaved James Hutton on the payrolls of both vessels was substantial evidence of "implied manumission" accorded in the James Hutton's his freedom.
Title: Commodore William Bainbridge re enslaved seaman James Hutton 6 June 1825 service on board USS Columbus and USS Spark
Credit: National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.
Author: National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.
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