Record #:

41247

Author(s):

Rohrs, Richard C.

Abstract:

The outcomes of this case were a mixed blessing. Concerns over the growing free black population and criticism from the North about slavery prompted the erosion of legal rights in North Carolina for blacks free from a legal, but not social, standpoint. It also proved there were white North Carolinians committed to continuing legal rights for free blacks, bettering the treatment of enslaved blacks, and enlisting their aid in preventing slave rebellions.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 95 Issue 1, January 2018, p29-46 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Free blacks--Antebellum South; Legal status--free blacks and slaves--Antebellum period; Free blacks--Antebellum period--North Carolina; Black slave owners--Antebellum period--North Carolina; State vs Edmund, a Slave 1833; Suffrage--black males--Antebellum period; Daniel, Joseph J., 1784-1848; State vs Edmund, a Slave, 1833--Chief Justice Thomas Ruffin

Record #:

41281

Author(s):

Whichard, Willis P.

Abstract:

This history of North Carolina’s Supreme Court spans over two centuries. Whichard examined its legislature that became more progressive to the benefit of minorities and children. He revealed how over time this assembly of judges became more representative of North Carolina’s population. The author also noted judges who played a formidable role in its development such as John Louis Taylor, Walter Clark, and Sam Ervin IV.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 96 Issue 4, October 2019, p367-372 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Taylor, John Louis, 1769-1829; Ruffin, Thomas, 1787-1870; Gaston, William Joseph, 1778-1844; Henderson, Leonard, 1772-1833; Hall, John, 1767-1833; Badger, George Edmund, 1795-1866; Clark, Walter M. (McKenzie), 1846-1924; Nash, Frederick, 1781-1858; Daniel, Joseph J., 1784-1848; Manly, Mathias Evans, 1801-1881; Sharp, Susie Marshall, 1907-1996; Frye, Henry E., 1932-