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Nov 29, 1790 Louisa County, Virginia, United States Died on 30 Nov 1856 (aged 66)
American judge
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About Robert Wash
- Robert Wash served on the Supreme Court of Missouri from September 1825 to May 1837.
- During his term, the pro-slavery judge, who owned slaves himself, wrote the dissenting opinion on several important freedom suits, including Milly v.
- Smith, Julia v.
- McKinney and Marguerite v.
- Choteau.
- However, he did join in the unanimous finding for the plaintiff in the landmark Rachel v.
- Walker case. Judge Wash's decision to split up a family of slaves he owned was the impetus for Polly Berry's freedom suit and her daughter's famous memoir.
