Citation
Jones v. Van Zandt, 1847, FULL TEXT via Library of Congress
Excerpt
Supreme Court justice Levi Woodbury wrote the majority opinion in Jones v. Van Zandt affirming the constitutionality of the 1793 Fugitive Slave Act (House Divided Project)
…That, under the fourth section of the act of 12th February, 1793, respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their master, on a charge for harbouring and concealing fugitives from labor, the notice need not be in writing by the claimant or his agent, stating that such person is a fugitive from labor, under the third section of the above act, and served on the person harbouring or concealing such fugitive, to make him liable to the penalty of five hundred dollars under the act….
Related Sources
- William H. Seward, In the Supreme Court of the United States: John Van Zandt, ad sectum Wharton Jones: argument for the defendant (Albany, NY: Weed, 1847)
- (Columbus) Ohio State Journal, “Fugitive Slaves – Complaints of the Southern States,” March 12, 1850