North Carolina, Supreme Court, Raleigh : Hogg (executor) v Capehart, June 1859 [printed].

Will of James L Bryan who died in 1856. It is the duty of the executor to free the slaves. He is bound to execute all trusts which are not forbidden by the laws of the State. As per Section 47 of the Revised Code introduced by the Act of 1856, the Court ruled that the slaves should be sent to Liberi...

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Corporate Author:	Adam Matthew Digital (Firm) (digitiser.)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Series:	Slavery, abolition & social justice.
Subjects:	Court records. Freed persons. Slaveholders. Enslaved persons > Emancipation. Enslaved persons > Social conditions. Wills. Slavery and Agriculture; The Abolition Movement; Legislation and Politics; Freed Peoples and Free Black Settlements
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