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'''Joshua G. Clarke''' (c.1780-1828) was one of the first justices on the [[Supreme Court of Mississippi]].{{dubious|date=July 2022}} |
'''Joshua G. Clarke''' (c. 1780-1828) was one of the first justices on the [[Supreme Court of Mississippi]].{{dubious|date=July 2022}} |
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Born c. 1780 in [[Maryland]],<ref name=jcc>{{cite journal|url=http://fch.ju.edu/fch_vol_20.pdf |journal=Journal of the Florida Conference of Historians |volume=20 |date=May 2013 |author=J. Cavitt Clarke III |title=The Life of Joshua G. Clarke: Mississippi's First Chancellor |pages=1–10}}</ref>{{rp|1}} and raised in [[Pennsylvania]],<ref name="Green Bag">Thomas H. Somerville, "A Sketch of the Supreme Court of Mississippi", in [[Horace W. Fuller]], ed., ''[[The Green Bag (1889–1914)|The Green Bag]]'', Vol. XI (1899), p. 505.</ref> Clarke was a member of the territorial legislature and of the constitutional convention as the representative of Claiborne county.<ref name="Green Bag"/> |
Born c. 1780 in [[Maryland]],<ref name=jcc>{{cite journal|url=http://fch.ju.edu/fch_vol_20.pdf |journal=Journal of the Florida Conference of Historians |volume=20 |date=May 2013 |author=J. Cavitt Clarke III |title=The Life of Joshua G. Clarke: Mississippi's First Chancellor |pages=1–10}}</ref>{{rp|1}} and raised in [[Pennsylvania]],<ref name="Green Bag">Thomas H. Somerville, "A Sketch of the Supreme Court of Mississippi", in [[Horace W. Fuller]], ed., ''[[The Green Bag (1889–1914)|The Green Bag]]'', Vol. XI (1899), p. 505.</ref> Clarke was a member of the territorial legislature and of the constitutional convention as the representative of Claiborne county.<ref name="Green Bag"/> |
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Clarke served on the Supreme Court of Mississippi from its first session in June 1818 until 1821.<ref name=jcc/>{{rp|2}} Among other rulings, Clarke judged that killing a slave was murder because slaves were "reasonable creatures", and voted that slaves became freedmen by having lived in the [[Northwest Territory]] under the [[Ordinance of 1787]].<ref name=jcc/>{{rp|1}}<ref name=fede>{{cite journal|url=http://fch.ju.edu/fch_vol_20.pdf |journal=Journal of the Florida Conference of Historians |volume=20 |date=May 2013 |author=Andrew T. Fede |title=Judging Against the Grain? Reading Mississippi Supreme Court Judge Joshua G. Clarke's Views on Slavery Law in Context |pages=11–30}}</ref> |
Clarke served on the Supreme Court of Mississippi from its first session in June 1818 until 1821.<ref name=jcc/>{{rp|2}} Among other rulings, Clarke judged that killing a slave was murder because slaves were "reasonable creatures", and voted that slaves became freedmen by having lived in the [[Northwest Territory]] under the [[Ordinance of 1787]].<ref name=jcc/>{{rp|1}}<ref name=fede>{{cite journal|url=http://fch.ju.edu/fch_vol_20.pdf |journal=Journal of the Florida Conference of Historians |volume=20 |date=May 2013 |author=Andrew T. Fede |title=Judging Against the Grain? Reading Mississippi Supreme Court Judge Joshua G. Clarke's Views on Slavery Law in Context |pages=11–30}}</ref> In 1821, he resigned his position on the Supreme Court to become the first chancellor of the [[Mississippi Chancery Courts]], serving until his death in 1828.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=James |title=Clarke, Joshua Giles |url=https://mississippiencyclopedia.org/entries/clarke-joshua-giles/ |access-date=2022-08-26 |website=Mississippi Encyclopedia |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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His home, [[Claremont (Port Gibson, Mississippi)]], built by him in 1826, is listed on the U.S. [[National Register of Historic Places]]. |
His home, [[Claremont (Port Gibson, Mississippi)]], built by him in 1826, is listed on the U.S. [[National Register of Historic Places]]. |
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Latest revision as of 16:00, 19 March 2023
Joshua G. Clarke (c. 1780-1828) was one of the first justices on the Supreme Court of Mississippi.[dubious ]
Born c. 1780 in Maryland,[1]: 1 and raised in Pennsylvania,[2] Clarke was a member of the territorial legislature and of the constitutional convention as the representative of Claiborne county.[2]
Clarke served on the Supreme Court of Mississippi from its first session in June 1818 until 1821.[1]: 2 Among other rulings, Clarke judged that killing a slave was murder because slaves were "reasonable creatures", and voted that slaves became freedmen by having lived in the Northwest Territory under the Ordinance of 1787.[1]: 1 [3] In 1821, he resigned his position on the Supreme Court to become the first chancellor of the Mississippi Chancery Courts, serving until his death in 1828.[4]
His home, Claremont (Port Gibson, Mississippi), built by him in 1826, is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
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References[edit]
- ^ a b c J. Cavitt Clarke III (May 2013). "The Life of Joshua G. Clarke: Mississippi's First Chancellor" (PDF). Journal of the Florida Conference of Historians. 20: 1–10.
- ^ a b Thomas H. Somerville, "A Sketch of the Supreme Court of Mississippi", in Horace W. Fuller, ed., The Green Bag, Vol. XI (1899), p. 505.
- ^ Andrew T. Fede (May 2013). "Judging Against the Grain? Reading Mississippi Supreme Court Judge Joshua G. Clarke's Views on Slavery Law in Context" (PDF). Journal of the Florida Conference of Historians. 20: 11–30.
- ^ Thomas, James. "Clarke, Joshua Giles". Mississippi Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2022-08-26.
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