Brown v. Maupin

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Brown v. Maupin, Jefferson’s Memorandum Books 214 (1771),[1] was a case for slander involving a runaway enslaved person (Brown). George Wythe served as principal attorney with Thomas Jefferson assisting.

See Also

  • Wythe the Lawyer

References

  1. Thomas Jefferson’s Memorandum Books, Volumes I-II: Accounts, with Legal Records and Miscellany, 1767-1826. The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, 2nd Series, James A. Bear, Jr. and Lucia C. Stanton, eds. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1997): 49.