North Carolina, Supreme Court, Raleigh : State v Roland, June 1846 [printed].

Roland, a free man of colour, was indicted and convicted for marrying a slave, Peggy, contrary to an act of 1830. He appealed to the Supreme Court on the grounds that he had had the permission of Peggy's master to marry her, which made the marriage legal under an act of 1845. It was found, howe...

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