North Carolina, Supreme Court, Raleigh : Scott v Williams, June 1828.

The plaintiff Scott was held in slavery by the defendant Williams; the object of his suit was to prove his status as a freeman. He introduced an indenture binding his mother, Jemima, to Williams's father as a free woman of colour. Scott himself was given as a slave by Williams's father to...

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Corporate Author:	Adam Matthew Digital (Firm) (digitiser.)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Series:	Slavery, abolition & social justice.
Subjects:	Enslaved persons > Legal status, laws, etc. Black people > Race identity Court records Freed persons Racially mixed people Enslaved persons North Carolina > Davidson County
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