North Carolina, Supreme Court, Raleigh : State v Floyd, June 1859 [printed].

Indictment for murder. Floyd went to a blacksmith's shop looking for food. The blacksmith, Richard Martin, (a free negro) gave Floyd a knife so he could help himself to some meat and cook it upon the hearth in the shop. During the course of the evening Floyd repeatedly refused to return the bla...

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Corporate Author:	Adam Matthew Digital (Firm) (digitiser.)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Series:	Slavery, abolition & social justice.
Subjects:	Alcohol Blacksmiths Court records Racism Trials (Murder) Violence North Carolina > Mecklenburg County
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