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[Reports of cases at law argued and determined in the Supreme Court of North Carolina].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- North Carolina. Supreme Court.
- 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.
- 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 1862, and reported by Hamilton C. Jones. It comprises cases heard in the courts of Raleigh and Morganton. Topics covered include: slavery, slavery and agriculture, freed slaves 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, slave families, wills, contested ownership of slaves, interracial sexual relations, trading with slaves, treatment of slaves, plantations, sale of slaves, fugitive slaves, and emancipation.
- Notes:
- Title supplied by publisher.
- Electronic reproduction of extracts from: North Carolina reports, v. 46-53 (1854-1862), 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.
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