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Case No. 1,375.

BETTY v. DENEALE.

[2 Cranch, C. C. 156.]1

Circuit Court, District of Columbia.

Nov. Term, 1818.

SLAVERY—DEED OF MANUMISSION—DATE.

A deed of manumission, when acknowledged and recorded, relates to the time of its execution.

THE COURT (THRUSTON, Circuit Judge, absent) decided that the deed of manumission, in this case, when it was acknowledged and recorded according to law, related back to the time of its execution.

1 [Reported by Hon. William Cranch, Chief Judge.]

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