[Louisiana Supreme Court : manuscript case files relating to slavery], 1813-1875.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Louisiana. Supreme Court.

Contributor:

Hall, Dominick Augustine, 1765-1820.

Derbigny, P. (Pierre), 1767-1829.

Mathews, George, 1774-1836.

Martin, François-Xavier, 1762-1846.

Eustis, George, 1796-1858.

Slidell, Thomas, 1805-1864.

Merrick, Edwin Thomas, 1808-1897.

Hyman, William B., 1814-1884.

Ludeling, John T.

Earl K. Long Library.

Adam Matthew Digital.

Series:

Slavery, abolition & social justice.

Slavery, abolition & social justice

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--Law and legislation--Louisiana--History--Sources.

Slavery.

Slavery--Law and legislation--Louisiana--Cases.

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.

Place of Publication:

1813-1875.

Marlborough, England : Adam Matthew Digital, c2013.

Summary:

Electronic reproduction of ms. case files for cases involving slavery and/or African Americans heard in the Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1813-1875. Aspects of slavery covered: slavery and agriculture, freedmen, 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, emancipation, American Civil War, Louisiana Code Noir. Covers cases heard by Chief Judges or Chief Justices: Dominic Augustin Hall (1813); Pierre Derbigny (1813-1820); George Mathews, Jr. (1822-1836); François-Xavier Martin (1836-1846); George Eustis (1846-1853); Thomas Slidell (1853-1855); Edwin Thomas Merrick (1855-1865); William B. Hyman (1866-1869); John T. Ludeling (1869-1877)

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Title supplied by publisher.

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