North Carolina, Supreme Court, Raleigh : State v Washington (a slave), January 1812.

Washington was convicted in a Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of the rape of Martha Beasley, a white woman. He was sentenced to death, and denied an appeal to a superior court. His owner, Fitts, applied to have the case scrutinised in the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court determined that the lowe...

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