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John Jolliffe (1804 – 1868),[1][2] was an American lawyer, abolitionist, author, and politician.[1] He worked as an attorney in slavery cases in the United States. In 1853, Jolliffee attempted to prosecute the kidnappers of Henrietta Wood,[3] an American enslaved woman who eventually won the largest verdict ever awarded for slavery reparations in the United States. He had lived in Batavia, Ohio, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Washington, D.C..[1]
Biography
[edit]John Jolliffe was born on October 30, 1804, at Red House, Frederick County, Virginia.[2] He was the third child to parents Rebecca Neill and William Jolliffe.[2]
Jolliffe married Synthelia McClure on September 23, 1835.[2]
He ran for U.S. Congress in Clermont County, Ohio, and was beaten by Jonathan D. Morris.[1]
He died on March 28, 1868, in Washington, D.C.[1] and was buried at the Hopewell Friends Burial Ground in Clear Brook, Virginia.
Publications
[edit]- Jolliffe, John (1856). Belle Scott: Or, Liberty Overthrown! A Tale for the Crisis. Columbus, OH: D. Anderson.
- Jolliffe, John (1858). Chattanooga. Cincinnati, OH: Wrightson & Company.
Notes
[edit]- Democratic Judge Jacob Flinn[4] of the Cincinnati Criminal Court[5] who handled Henrietta Wood's case assaulted him. "Flinn-Jolliffe Affair"
- Attacked by mob in Covington?
- Coal oil speculator
- wiki.wcaleb.rice.edu/John%20Jolliffe (not a Wikipedia suitable)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Death of John Jolliffe, Esq". The News-Herald. April 30, 1868. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d Jolliffe, William (1893). Historical, Genealogical, and Biographical Account of the Jolliffe Family of Virginia, 1652 to 1893: Also Sketches of the Neill's, Janney's, Hollingsworth's, and Other Cognate Families. J.B. Lippincott. p. 115 – via Google Books.
- ^ McDaniel, W. Caleb (August 7, 2019). Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America. Oxford University Press. p. 91. ISBN 978-0-19-084700-5 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Introduction to Fugitive Slave Cases".
- ^ "Article - Flinn Jacob v Joliffe John the Ohio Star 21 Sept 1853". The Ohio Star. September 21, 1853. p. 2.
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