Named Entity Results, Sarah Roach

eople, 47. Charles Webster, 48. Ben Jackson, 51. Thomas Cooper, 55. A Child Kidnapped, 66. Wagelma, 70. James Poovey, 73. Romaine, 77. David Lea, 80. The Slave Hunter, 80. William Bachelor, 83. Levin Smith, 88. Etienne Lamaire, 91. Samuel Johnson, 96. Pierce Butler's Ben, 98. Daniel Benson, 104. The Quick-Witted Slave, 108. James Davis, 112. Mary Holliday, 116. Thomas Harrison, 122. James Lawler, 123. William Anderson, 126. Sarah Roach, 129. Zeke, 133. Poor Amy, 137. Manuel, 139. Slaveholders mollified, 145. The United States Bond, 149. The tender mercies of a Slaveholder, 157. The Foreign Slave, 160. The New-Jersey Slave, 164. A Slave Hunter Defeated, 168. Mary Morris, 173. The Slave Mother, 176. Colonel Ridgeley's Slave, 179. Stop Thief! 185. The Disguised Slaveholder, 189. The Slave of Dr. Rich, 192. His Knowledge of Law, 202. Mutual Confidence between him and the Co

Sarah Roach. Sarah Roach, a light mulatto, was sold by her master in Maryland to a man residing in Delaware. The laws of Delaware prohibit the introduction of slaves, unless brought into the state by persons intending to reside there permanently. If brought under other circumstances they become free. Sarah remained with her new master several years before she was made aware of this fact. Meanwhile, she gave birth to a daughter, who was of course free, if the mother was free at the timeSarah Roach, a light mulatto, was sold by her master in Maryland to a man residing in Delaware. The laws of Delaware prohibit the introduction of slaves, unless brought into the state by persons intending to reside there permanently. If brought under other circumstances they become free. Sarah remained with her new master several years before she was made aware of this fact. Meanwhile, she gave birth to a daughter, who was of course free, if the mother was free at the time she was born. At last, some one informed the bondwoman that her master had no legal claim to her services. She then left him and went to Philadelphia. But she remained ignorant of the fact that her daughter was free, in consequence of the universal maxim of slave law, that the child follows the condition of the mother. When the girl was about sixteen years old, she absconded from Delaware, and went to her mother, who inquired of Isaac T. Hopper what was the best method of eluding the vi

nce, however, embrace most of those to which the Mayor's attention was called on yesterday: Bill McDonald, the fugacious convict from the Penitentiary, having been apprehended by the night- watch Sunday night, was ordered to be returned to the scene of his future usefulness. Doubtless are the reader peruses this, the erratic William will have been in receipt of a salute from a cowskin and have one leg ornamented with a ball and chain.--Dan Larragan, charged with stealing a plain gold ring from H. A. Pearce, proving to be a soldier, was committed to the tender mercies of Gen. Winder.--Bob, slave to Taylor & Baptist, was ordered to be tickled to the extent of 30 stripes, for stealing a ham of bason and eight bottles of ink from his masters.--Bernard Denning, accused of trespassing on Sarah Roach, while in a state of intoxication, was acquitted.--Tim Lynch and Jno. McClellan, two soldiers, accused of disturbing the public peace by fighting on Main street, were sent before Gen. Winder.