Samuel Burris
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Samuel D. Burris was a member of the Underground Railroad. He had a family, who he moved to Philadelphia for safety and traveled into Maryland and Delaware to guide freedom seekers north along the Und
Burris, c. 1850
James Booth Jr.
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James Booth Jr. was an American judge, the chief justice of what later became the Delaware Supreme Court from 1841 until his death in 1855.
Samuel Burris
…Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society, realized he was about to be enslaved. The Governor of Delaware William Tharp was petitioned by Martin W. Bates, Judge James Booth Jr., and John J. Milligan to reverse the decision to enslave Burris. The Philadelphia Anti-Slavery Society came up with a plan involving Isaac Flint, a…
Supreme Court Chief Justice of Delaware