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[Reports of cases argued and adjudged 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.
- 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 1804 and 1819, and reported by A.D. Murphey. It comprises cases heard in the court of Raleigh. Topics covered include: slavery, slavery and agriculture, freed slaves, varieties of slave experience, urban and domestic slavery, resistance and revolts, master and slave relationship, treatment of slaves, female slaves, child slaves, slave families, wills, contested ownership of slaves, the sale of slaves, interracial sexual relations, and emancipation.
- Notes:
- Title supplied by publisher.
- Electronic reproduction of extracts from: North Carolina reports, v. 5-7 (1821-1826), reporter, A.D. Murphey. 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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