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Illegal Sale of Her Son
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Why was the sale of Isabella's son Peter to the Alabama planter Fowler illegal?
A
Peter had already been legally emancipated before the sale
B
Only the governor could authorize such a sale
C
Dumont did not legally own Peter at the time
D
State law expressly prohibited selling any slave out of New York, and minors were to be freed at twenty-one
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