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THE STATE v. SHREVE

New Jersey Supreme Court1794-09
1 N.J.L. 268

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Per Curiam.

The parental authority to dispose of a child’s services ceases when the latter arrives at the age of twenty-one ; and in this case, the negro, being above that age, is entitled to his freedom. Negro discharged.