[Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Missouri [electronic resource] : cases related to slavery, volume 20-21].

Corporate Author: Missouri. Supreme Court
Uniform Title: Reports of cases argued and decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Missouri. Selections
Additional Titles: Supreme Court of Missouri
Published: Marlborough, England : Adam Matthew Digital, [2013]
Copyright Date: ©2013
Additional Creators: Bennett, Samuel A., Missouri State Archives, and Adam Matthew Digital (Firm)

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Slavery, abolition & social justice

Summary

Collection of extracts from printed reports of cases relating to slavery and/or African Americans heard in the Missouri Supreme Court from 1854 to 1855. Reporter, Samuel A. Bennett. Aspects of slavery covered: slavery and agriculture, freedmen, free African Americans, abolition movement, varieties of slave experience, child slaves, master-slave relationships, contested ownership of slaves, sale of slaves, legal rights of slaves, and emancipation.

Subject(s)

Law reports, digests, etc—Missouri
Slavery—Law and legislation—Missouri—Cases
Freed persons—Legal status, laws, etc—Missouri—Cases
African Americans—Legal status, laws, etc—Missouri—Cases
Equity—Missouri
Missouri—Trials, litigation, etc

Note

Title supplied by publisher.
Electronic reproduction of extracts from: Reports of cases argued and decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Missouri. Vol. 20-21. Originally published: Saint Louis : G. Knapp & Co., 1855-1856.

Location of Originals

Missouri State Archives

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