North Carolina, Supreme Court, Raleigh : State v Ben, the slave of J B Herrington, December 1821.

Question as to whether evidence given by a slave relating to a capital crime such as a burglary carried out by a slave could be admitted as evidence. The lower court allowed the testimony of the slave and a guilty verdict followed. The prisoner appealed. Treatment of slaves accused in capital cases....

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Corporate Author:	Adam Matthew Digital (Firm) (digitiser.)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Series:	Slavery, abolition & social justice.
Subjects:	Court records Courts Enslaved persons > Social conditions Trials (Burglary) Trials (Murder) North Carolina > Craven County
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