North Carolina, Supreme Court, Raleigh : State v Brodnax (a freedman), June 1866.

The prisoner, a freedman, had killed the overseer of Dr E T Brodnax with a stick. The elderly overseer, William Duncan, had complained about noise of dancing and singing after slaves had finished work. When the prisoner took no notice, the overseer hit him twice with a stick. The prisoner wrenched t...

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Corporate Author:	Adam Matthew Digital (Firm) (digitiser.)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Series:	Slavery, abolition & social justice.
Subjects:	Court records Dance Freed persons Trials (Murder) Violence North Carolina > Rockingham County
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