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Louisiana, Superior Court of the Territory of Orleans : [cases relating to slavery / reported by François-Xavier Martin].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Territory of Orleans. Superior Court.
- Series:
- Slavery, abolition & social justice.
- Slavery, abolition & social justice
- Standardized Title:
- Orleans term reports. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Law reports, digests, etc--Louisiana.
- Law reports, digests, etc.
- Slavery--Law and legislation--Louisiana--Cases.
- Slavery.
- Freed persons--Legal status, laws, etc--Louisiana--Cases.
- Freed persons.
- African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc--Louisiana--Cases.
- African Americans.
- Equity--Louisiana.
- Equity.
- Louisiana--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Louisiana.
- Other Title:
- Cases argued and determined in the Superior Court of the Territory of Orleans
- Martin's reports (O.S.)
- Place of Publication:
- Marlborough, England : Adam Matthew Digital, c2013.
- Summary:
- Collection of extracts of printed summaries of cases relating to slavery and/or African Americans heard in the Superior Court of the Territory of Orleans between 1809 and 1812. Aspects of slavery covered: slavery and agriculture, freed slaves, free African Americans, abolition movement, varieties of slave experience, child slaves, master-slave relationships, contested ownership of slaves, sale of slaves, legal rights of slaves, and emancipation.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's web site.
- Electronic reproduction of extracts from: Orleans term reports, or, Cases argued and determined in the Superior Court of the Territory of Orleans. Annotated ed. St. Paul : West Pub. Co., 1913. 2 v.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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