Contributing Institution
Maine State Archives
Document Type
Text
Identifier
29-38383-F031-I001
Exact Creation Date
6-16-1837
Language
English
Other Location
Chatham County, Georgia
Keywords
Atticus; Slavery; Fugitive Slave Laws
Disciplines
History | United States History
Recommended Citation
Sagurs, James; Sagurs, Henry; and Felt, Joseph, "1837-06-16 Affadavit of James Sagurs, owner of Atticus" (1837). Atticus the Slave. 2.
https://digitalmaine.com/atticus_docs/2
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Description
Affadavit of James Sagurs, owner of Atticus, before Joseph Felt, Justice of the Peace. Joseph Sagurs and his brother Henry asserted that Captain Daniel Philbrook and first mate Edward Kellerun of the schooner Susan did "feloniously invigle, steal, take, and carry away without the limits of the State of Georgia a negro man slave named Atticus, the property of this deponent.." on May 4, 1837.