A&M 3478Manuscripts Regarding a Court Case Involving Slavery: Benjamin Green vs. Robert Kelly, 1827-1830 A&M 3478Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-06-18 13:20:27 -0400.EnglishDescribing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center Manuscripts Regarding a Court Case Involving Slavery: Benjamin Green vs. Robert Kelly A&M 3478 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/1822 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 1/4 in. 1827-1830 Group of six manuscript documents, 26 total pages, dated 1827-1830, regarding a court case, Benjamin Green vs. Robert Kelly, involving the determination of a slave's value for one year of work in Lewisburg, Greenbrier County. List of documents: 1) deposition of Benjamin Green making charge, 4 pp., 1827; 2) depositions of John Duffield, Robert Duffield, and others, 8 pp., 10/9/1828; 3) deposition of Duffield, 4 pp., 8/29/1829; 4) summation of case, 2 pp., n.d.; 5) court decision, 4 pp., 6/17/1830; 6) accounting of interest and labor, 4 pp., 11/1/1830. There are transcripts for documents two and six. West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: West Virginia & Regional History Center English Conditions Governing Access

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Slaves and slavery.