[Reports of cases in equity argued and determined in the Supreme Court of North Carolina].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

North Carolina. Supreme Court.

Contributor:

Jones, Hamilton Chamberlain, 1798-1868.

North Carolina. Office of Archives and History.

Adam Matthew Digital.

Series:

Slavery, abolition & social justice.

Slavery, abolition & social justice

Standardized Title:

North Carolina reports. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law reports, digests, etc--North Carolina.

Law reports, digests, etc.

Equity--North Carolina.

Equity.

Slavery--Law and legislation--North Carolina--Cases.

Slavery.

African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc--North Carolina--Cases.

African Americans.

North Carolina--Trials, litigation, etc.

North Carolina.

Place of Publication:

Marlborough, England : Adam Matthew Digital, c2013.

Summary:

This collection consists of extracts of printed summaries of cases relating to slavery and/or African Americans heard in the Supreme Court of North Carolina between 1853 and 1863, and reported by Hamilton C. Jones. It comprises cases heard in the courts of Raleigh and Morganton. Topics covered include: slavery, slavery and agriculture, freedmen and free Black settlements, the abolition movement, varieties of slave experience, urban and domestic slavery, resistance and revolts, master and slave relationship, female slaves, child slaves, wills, contested ownership of slaves, treatment of slaves, plantations, sale of slaves, emancipation, and the American Colonization Society.

Notes:

Title supplied by publisher.

Electronic reproduction of extracts from: North Carolina reports, v. 54-59 (1855-1863), reporter, Hamilton C. Jones. The reports are listed among the North Carolina State Archives Supreme Court documents within the "Slavery, abolition and social justice, 1490-2007" resource.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.