Caleb Jones (–1816) was a slave owner and
Loyalist who fled north from
Maryland to New Brunswick after the
American Revolution. In the 1780s, Jones purchased slaves in New York and Maryland and moved them to his farm in New Brunswick where he forced them to labour.
R v Agnew did not go to trial and several commentators have conflated the two cases, sometimes referring to the petitioner as Nancy Morton. While Allen declined, Nancy's lawyer, Street, eagerly took his place. In fact, one of the judges, Isaac Allen, manumitted his own slaves after the hearing and a number of other slave owners were apparently persuaded to do the same. ==References==