and further stated "that no negro or mulatto slave, free negro or mulatto, or any Indian
slave or free Indian, natives of this or the neighboring states, be admitted and received as
good and valid evidence in law in any matter or thing whatsoever, that may hereafter be
depending before any court of record or before any magistrate within this State, wherein
any white person is concerned. Maryland Laws 1846 Ch. 27.

93.      Montgomery Blair, the Maryland lawyer who represented Dred Scott, said "generally in
the Southern states every lawyer felt bound to give his services in such a case." Carl
Brent Swisher, History of the Supreme Court of the United States. Vol. 5. The Taney
Period 1836-1864 604 (1974).

94.       e.g. Hughes v. Negro Milly, 5 Har. and John. 310 (1821) opposing Roger Brooke Taney;
Bland and Woolfolk v. Negro Beverly Dowling, 9 Gill & John. 19 (1837).

95.       e.g. Coale v. Harrington, 7 Har. and John. 147 (1826); Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60
U.S.393 (1857).

96.       Shorter v. Boswell, 2 Har. and John. 359 (1808).

97.       Walls v. Hemsley, 4 Har. and John. 24 (1817); cited and followed in Walkup v. Pratt, 5
Har. and John. 51 (1820).

98.      Hall v. Mullin, 5 Har. and John. 190 (1821).

99.       LeGrand v. Darnall, 27 U.S. (2 Peters) 664 (1829). This suit was raised in Dred Scott to
show that the court considered negroes to be citizens for purposes of diversity
jurisdiction, but Taney distinguished it on the grounds that the parties failed to raise the
issue.

100.     Negro William v. Kelly, 5 Har. and John 59 (1820) [dower rights prevail over
manumission].

101.     Haneyv. Waddle, 3 Har. and John. 557(1815) [slave of minor hired to ship going
between Maryland and Virginia did not gain freedom under the statute prohibiting
importation of slaves because neither minor nor guardian can prejudice the property rights
of a minor]; Davis v. Jacquin, 5 Har. and John. 100 (1820) [17 year old took slave on trip
to Pennsylvania, but this did not result in freeing slave because although guardianship
ceases at 16, legal minority continues thereafter].

102.    Negro George v. Corse, 2 Har. and Gill 11 (1827); See also Maryland Laws 1813 Ch. 102
(on slave sales in execution of default judgments), Maryland Laws 1818 Ch. 201.

103.     Negro James v. Gaither, 2 Har. and John. 176 (1807) [two witness requirement]; Wicks v.
Chew, 4 Har. and John. 54 (1819) [inadvertant failure to record manumission within six
months of deed of manumission cannot be overcome]; Negro Clara v. Meagher, 5 Har.

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