North Carolina, Supreme Court, Raleigh : State v Dick (a slave), July 1818 [printed].
Dick, a slave, was charged with the rape of Judah Wilkins, a white woman. There was uncertainty in the lower court as to whether the offence should be treated as a felony or a misdemeanour, an issue which affected the nature of the punishment to be meted out. The case therefore went to the Supreme C...
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