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There is a of a slave slaves be THE action was brought against the defendant, as a common distinction carrier, to recover the value of a negro woman and her child, who between the liability were passengers on board the defendant's boat from Charleston to of a carrier George Town. The boat came to an anchor at night at one of and a bale the inland creeks between those places, and at the ebb of the of goodstide the boat filled, and the slave and her child were lost. The cap-ing considered as tain used all necessary diligence, and had a pilot on board. The human bejudge charged the jury, that there was no difference in the liability of the defendant, as captain of a steam-boat, for the loss of the slaves, than for the loss of bales of goods. Verdict for plaintiff. Motion for a new trial. The Court. Johnson, J., held there must be a new trial; that there was a distinction between the liability of the carrier in the transportation of a slave and a bale of goods; that the slave was a human being, and the carrier could not control the operations of her mind, or her physical action. She might will her own destruction, or she might escape. And his honor, after referring to the cases * The definition of a slave by the Civil Code of Louisiana is thus given: "A slave is one who is in the power of a master to whom he belongs." Civil Code, art. 35. and 173. ings. |