North Carolina, Supreme Court, Raleigh : Walters v Jordan et al, June 1852.

Petition for dower by the plaintiff. The defendants contended that this should be barred as she had left her husband and had gone to live with a slave, without making any reconciliation. Case of adultery with a slave. She had a child by this slave and her husband filed for divorce. The Supreme Court...

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Corporate Author:	Adam Matthew Digital (Firm) (digitiser.)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Series:	Slavery, abolition & social justice.
Subjects:	Adultery Enslaved children Court records Marriage Racially mixed people Sex North Carolina > Person County
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