North Carolina, Supreme Court, Morganton : Parham v Blackwelder, August 1848.
The bill alleged that a slave belonging to Blackwelder went with her wagon and oxen to Parham's land and cut down and hauled away a quantity of Parham's timber worth [dollars] 0.50. The court ruled that Blackwelder could not be held responsible for actions that she had not sanctioned that...
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