Hays v Borders
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- Created Date
- 1886
- Description
Text of the Illinois Supreme Court decision of Hays [Hayes] v Borders in 1844. Andrew Borders sued William Hayes for monetary damages alleging that Hayes helped some of Borders' slaves escape from his farm in Raldolph County, Illinois. The slaves found their way via the Underground Railroad to Knox County, Illinois. The suit began in Perry County and ended up in the Illinois Supreme Court, where the court found the defendant, William Hayes liable...
- Contributing Institution
- Knox College
- Subjects
- Slaves
Abolition movement
Abolitionists
Law & legal affairs
Underground railroad system
Hayes, William
Borders, Andrew
Richardson, Susan
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- text
- Language
- English
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- Hays v Borders. 1886. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/knx_strug/id/296. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- (1886) Hays v Borders. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/knx_strug/id/296
- MLA citation style
- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/knx_strug/id/296>.