By Lestey Gist, The Gist of Freedom Robert Morris ~ The first African-American in the country to try (and win) a civil case (in 1847) and the first to argue before an appellate court in America. Having failed in a petition for Habeas Corpus, while defending a 'fugitive Slave', Kenneth B Morris Willis Phelps Jr Lewis Hayden […]
The post Black Abolitionists: Robert Morris appeared first on Black Then.
