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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

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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

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  • 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

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  • 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)

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