North Carolina, Supreme Court, Raleigh : Sparkman v Daughtry et al, December 1851.
Action to recover the value of a slave called Jacob who was drowned when working at Daughtry's fishery. Jacob had been hired as a boatman and helped put out nets. The boat he was in overturned. Conflicting evidence as to the weather conditions and the propriety of working on a dark and stormy n...
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