North Carolina, Supreme Court, Raleigh : State v Poll and Lavinia (slaves), December 1821 [printed].

Indictment for the murder of Samuel Skinner by poisoning his food and drink with arsenic made against two slaves, Poll and Lavinia, and against John Skinner. Both slaves were domestic servants. They appealed against the death sentence because Samuel Skinner's declarations from the Sunday prior...

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