Strader v. Graham

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Strader v. Graham
Supreme Court of the United States
Full case name: Jacob Strader, James Gorman, and John Armstrong, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Christopher Graham
Citations: 51 U.S. 82
Holding
Court membership
Chief Justice: Roger B. Taney
Associate Justices: John McLean, James Moore Wayne, John Catron, John McKinley, Peter Vivian Daniel, Samuel Nelson, Levi Woodbury, Robert Cooper Grier
Case opinions
Majority by: Taney

Strader v. Graham, 51 U.S. 82 (1851),[1] was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the status of three slaves who went from Kentucky to Indiana and Ohio depended on Kentucky law rather than Ohio law. The original plaintiff was Christopher Graham, whose three slaves had traveled to Cincinnati, Ohio aboard a steamboat owned by Jacob Strader and James Gorman and piloted by John Armstrong. The slaves later escaped to Canada.

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  1. ^ 51 U.S. 82 Full text of the opinion courtesy of Justia.com.