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In April, 1770, Thomas Jefferson argued a case for Samuel Howell, a young man descended from a white woman who, under Virginia law, was bound until he reached the age of 31. Four years earlier, Howell had run away, apparently in an attempt to employ a lawyer to argue his case. In 1770, despite Jefferson's argument, he lost, and three months later ran away again, this time with his brother Simon.
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