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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

North Carolina. Supreme Court.

Contributor:

Hawks, Francis L. (Francis Lister), 1798-1866.

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.

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 1820 and 1826, and reported by Francis L. Hawks. It comprises cases heard in the court of Raleigh. Topics covered include: slavery, slavery and agriculture, freed slaves and free Black settlements, the abolition movement, varieties of slave experience, urban and domestic slavery, slave testimony, resistance and revolts, master and slave relationship, treatment of slaves, female slaves, child slaves, slave families, wills, contested ownership of slaves, interracial sexual relations, plantations, sale of slaves, legal status of slaves, fugitive slaves, and emancipation.

Notes:

Title supplied by publisher.

Electronic reproduction of extracts from: North Carolina reports, v. 8-11 (1823-1828), reporter, Francis L. Hawks. 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.