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State v Caesar, a Slave
CONCUR
NASH, J. I concur with Judge PEARSON in the opinion, that the prisoner is entitled to have his [**26] cause reheard before another jury. The presiding judge erred in instructing the jury, that the assault and battery, committed by the…
Tags: Slave Law, Slavery/Slaves
State v. Mann (1829)
The master is not liable to an indictment for a battery committed upon his slave. One who has a right to the labor of a slave, has also a right to all the means of controlling his conduct which the owner has. Hence one who has hired a slave is not…
Tags: Slavery/Slaves, State Government
The State v Negro Will, a Slave of James S Battle
PRIOR HISTORY: [**1] The defendant was indicted for the murder of one Richard Baxter, and on the trial before his Honor Judge DONNELL, at Edgecombe, on the last Circuit, the jury returned the following special verdict, viz:
"That the prisoner Will…
Tags: Slave Law, Slavery/Slaves
Levi Coffin, Reminiscences of Levi Coffin (1880)
Some plan of gradual manumission was the theme of general discussion at that day, but none of the advocates spoke or seemed to think of immediate and unconditional emancipation. Manumission societies were organized in different counties. The first, I…
“Two Years with a Colored Regiment: A Woman’s Experience," 1898
Reminiscences of our civil war have been given to the public image again and again, and our most able men have recited the details of the great battles and stirring events. But there are few records of the experiences of women in that war. This…
Tags: Enlistment, Freedpeople, Slavery/Slaves, Soldiers
Account of Purchase and Sale of Slaves made by Benjamin Chambers, 1823
Cash on hand when I started to the North: $431.00
Cash received in New York for Cotton: $6529.82
$6960.82
Claracy 24 years old 2 sisters 18 and 12 and 2 children Cost…...925.00
Flora a woman of 22 years of age Cost…… 150.00
Siseney a woman…
Tags: Slavery/Slaves
An Address to the People of North Carolina on the Evils of Slavery by the Friends of Libersty and Equality, 1830
ADDRESS, &c.
CAROLINIANS:
We believe it is generally known that a social institution has, for some years, been progressing, for "the gradual abolition OF NEGRO SLAVERY" among us: yet we are well aware that our precise views in relation to this…
Articles of Agreement between Benjamin Chambers and Thomas Ruffin, October 26, 1821
The said parties here agree and do hereby agree to carry on together & as copartners the purchasing of slaves & selling the same, upon the following terms. ___ the said Ruffin is to put in & hath at the execution of these presents put in as his part…
Tags: Slavery/Slaves
Bartholomew F. Moore, 1801-1878
Benjamin Sherwood Hedrick, 1827-1886
Benjamin Sherwood Hedrick (1827-1886) was born and raised in Davidson County, North Carolina, the oldest of seven children to John and Elizabeth Hedrick. Benjamin's father was the descendant of German immigrants and a fairly prosperous bricklayer and…
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North Carolinian voters chose John C. Breckinridge in presidential election, November 6, 1860
On November 6, 1860, in the presidential election, North Carolinian voters chose John C. Breckinridge (pictured), the southern Democratic nominee,…