North Carolina, Supreme Court, Raleigh : Hansley v Hansley, December 1849.

Suit for a divorce and for alimony. The couple were married from 1836 to 1844, when the wife went to live with her brother. The wife's petition accused the husband of taking to drink for weeks at a time, beating her and committing adultery with a slave from the plantation called Lucy. She depos...

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