On the Edge of Freedom: The Re-enslavement of Elizabeth Watson
Elizabeth Watson was a Boston-born slave in Halifax, Nova Scotia. After a brutal assault at the hands of master-shipwright Elias Marshall, she petitioned the Halifax Inferior Court of Common Pleas. Watson won her freedom on 23 March 1778. Thirty-one days later, she was seized by Halifax butcher Will...
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ScholarWorks @ UVM
2018
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| Online Access: | https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/905 https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1905&context=graddis |