• Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to secondary sidebar

New York Almanack

History, Natural History & the Arts

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • Adirondacks & NNY
  • Capital-Saratoga
  • Mohawk Valley
  • Hudson Valley & Catskills
  • NYC & Long Island
  • Western NY
  • History
  • Nature & Environment
  • Arts & Culture
  • Outdoor Recreation
  • Food & Farms
  • Subscribe
  • Support
  • Submit
  • About
  • New Books
  • Events
  • Podcasts

Historical Society of the New York Courts

The Lemmon Slave Case: A Defense of New York State Abolition

January 6, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Juliet and Jonathan Lemmon (photos courtesy Shirley Craft, from findagrave.com)Lemmon v. New York, or Lemmon v. The People (1860) was a freedom suit begun in 1852 with a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The case brought up questions about the legality of slavery within the United States , especially challenging the slavery laws between the northern and southern states.

While relocating to Texas by way of New York State, Virginia enslavers Jonathan and Juliet Lemmon brought to the city of New York eight enslaved people. They made up two family groups, each headed by a young woman: the first was Emiline (age 23), Edward (age 13), brother of Emiline; and Amanda (age 2), daughter of Emiline. The second was Nancy (age 20); Lewis (age 16), brother of Nancy; Lewis and Edward (age 7), sons of Nancy; and Ann (age 5), daughter of Nancy.

[Read more…] about The Lemmon Slave Case: A Defense of New York State Abolition

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History, New Exhibits Tagged With: Abolition, Archives Partnership Trust, Historical Society of the New York Courts, John Jay, Legal History, Slavery

Justice from a Distance: NYS Courts Pandemic Oral History

October 7, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Chief Judge Janet DiFiore and Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K Marks observe one of the first virtual arraignments of the NYC Criminal CourtWhen COVID-19 shut down New York, the courts stayed open. How the work of the courts continued is a central theme of a new digital archive of oral histories from the Historical Society of the New York Courts and the Unified Court System.

[Read more…] about Justice from a Distance: NYS Courts Pandemic Oral History

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Crime and Justice, Featured Collections, Historical Society of the New York Courts, Legal History

Primary Sidebar

Help Support Our Work

Subscribe to New York Almanack

Subscribe! Follow the New York Almanack each day via E-mail, RSS, Twitter or Facebook updates.

Recent Comments

  • Editorial Staff on Comments On Increasing Adirondack Park Road, Snowmobile Trail Mileage Sought
  • Pat Boomhower on Comments On Increasing Adirondack Park Road, Snowmobile Trail Mileage Sought
  • Alice Smith Duncan on A Saratoga County Odd Fellows Hall Is Now A Place For History
  • Jerome Lafayette Narramore on 1920s KKK Recruiting Efforts in Northern New York
  • Edythe Ann Quinn on 1920s KKK Recruiting Efforts in Northern New York
  • Bob Meyer on 1920s KKK Recruiting Efforts in Northern New York
  • Jerome Lafayette Narramore on 1920s KKK Recruiting Efforts in Northern New York
  • Edythe Ann Quinn on 1920s KKK Recruiting Efforts in Northern New York
  • Bob Meyer on 1920s KKK Recruiting Efforts in Northern New York
  • James S. Kaplan on Grant to Jacob Leisler Institute to Fund Lectures, Internships

Recent New York Books

crossroads of rockland history
ben franklins world podcast
Spaces of Enslavement and Resistance in Dutch New York
ilion cover
Spare Parts
new yorks war of 1812
a prison in the woods cover
Visitors to My Street
Greek Fire
Building THe Ashokan Reservoir

Secondary Sidebar

preservation league
Protect the Adirondacks Hiking Guide