louisa waldron now that louisa was vindicated, she petitioned the two governors for compensation. tonin used her case to bash cesspit as his authority. he protested that waldron's 27 day imprisonment and the intimidation faced was very severe, regardless of whether, in fact you did it on suspicion of harboring lucy or because she tried to hide from the spanish officers, he presented an affidavit from the jailer john thomas, who corroborated the intimidation and the to pry property from her in really convincing detail. this was a useful case for tonin to bring attention to the incongruities between the british property rights that were protected by the treaty and the the expectations of judicial rights against the installment of, a judge with no legal training to govern british matters under a standard system of justice it was useful not simply because waldron was innocent, but also because was a woman and in fact a widow without male assistance. society marked by gender and race as a sympathetic victim, the jailer reported that she fought through what he called her tears and grief

louisa waldron now that louisa was vindicated, she petitioned the two governors for compensation. tonin used her case to bash cesspit as his authority. he protested that waldron's 27 day imprisonment and the intimidation faced was very severe, regardless of whether, in fact you did it on suspicion of harboring lucy or because she tried to hide from the spanish officers, he presented an affidavit from the jailer john thomas, who corroborated the intimidation and the to pry property from her in really convincing detail. this was a useful case for tonin to bring attention to the incongruities between the british property rights that were protected by the treaty and the the expectations of judicial rights against the installment of, a judge with no legal training to govern british matters under a standard system of justice it was useful not simply because waldron was innocent, but also because was a woman and in fact a widow without male assistance. society marked by gender and race as a sympathetic victim, the jailer reported that she fought through what he called her tears and grief

louisa waldron now that louisa was vindicated, she petitioned the two governors for compensation. tonin used her case to bash cesspit as his authority. he protested that waldron's 27 day imprisonment and the intimidation faced was very severe, regardless of whether, in fact you did it on suspicion of harboring lucy or because she tried to hide from the spanish officers, he presented an affidavit from the jailer john thomas, who corroborated the intimidation and the to pry property from her in really convincing detail. this was a useful case for tonin to bring attention to the incongruities between the british property rights that were protected by the treaty and the the expectations of judicial rights against the installment of, a judge with no legal training to govern british matters under a standard system of justice it was useful not simply because waldron was innocent, but also because was a woman and in fact a widow without male assistance. society marked by gender and race as a sympathetic victim, the jailer reported that she fought through what he called her tears and grief

louisa waldron, one of her suggestions while she in jail during this case i mentioned was why don't you look westward that she knew some people who lived way out on margins of the colony that they might find lucy going towards native american territory so it comes even in this case but the broader picture is that yes there's a large number of of people who were enslaved that just seemed to disappear from. the record during this moment and it's to know exactly what happened but it seems quite that most of them went into native american territory with the creeks and now the seminoles, as they were a tribe and there were entire maroon kind of combines native american, african-american maroon communities that were objects of. what do you call that? the military went after some times because they were such a for the colony. so those communities existed and there was the adoption of african-americans into native american communities as well. it's just it's hard to come up with numbers and documentation on this, but it's clear it was happening and, you know, i think in the 19th century, i migh