1859-050: Joseph Bruin vs. Samuel Wren:

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Samuel Wren sold Matilda Washington, an enslaved woman, to Joseph Bruin for over 700 dollars. Afterwards, Bruin accused Wren of fraudulently representing Matilda as being “sound and healthy in body and mind,” since she suffered from either menses or asthma. The deponent in the case was Benjamin Rose, a physician who provided medical care for the people enslaved by Wren. At the time the deposition was taken, Rose lived in Texas.

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