Morton was an enslaved woman who sought to legally challenge slavery and earn her freedom in the nineteenth century by presenting a case to a court in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
[2] A different source claims that Stair Agnew "purchased" Morton for forty pounds in 1791, before "giving" her to Caleb Jones without transferring title.
[3] Chipman sought advice from Sampson Salter Blowers, who had fought to abolish slavery in Nova Scotia alongside Thomas Andrew Lumisden Strange.
[3] Chipman argued that slavery was not binding in New Brunswick or Nova Scotia to aid Morton's case, which he later admitted was inaccurate.
In a letter to Blowers after the trial, he was grateful that no one had presented the Nova Scotian Act of 1762 for the Regulation of Servants and Slaves, writing: "In searching your laws...
[2] On July 18, 1800, a writ was sent to Caleb Jones confirming that "you have the body of Ann otherwise called Nancy a black woman detained in your custody.