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Banks' Administrator v. Marksberry confirms ownership of the children of enslaved people.

1823

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Banks’ Administrator v. Marksberry–a court case in Kentucky–confirms a slaveholder's "property interest" in the reproductive capacity of enslaved women. This means that the slaveholder "owns" any children these enslaved women give birth to.