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North Carolina, Supreme Court, Raleigh : Copeland v Parker, June 1843 [printed].

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Raleigh, North Carolina : North Carolina Supreme Court, 1843.
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Adam Matthew Digital (Firm)
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Copeland hired out her slave, Gilbert, for a year to work on building a road. One day Gilbert left his work without leave; when he came back Parker, the overseer, declared his intention to whip him; on hearing this Gilbert walked away from Parker, whereupon Parker shot him. Doctors disagreed as to whether Gilbert's injuries would permanently reduce his value, but they were such that he had been unable to work for six months after the shooting. Copeland's bill prayed for damages for the loss of Gilbert's services. The court found for the plaintiff, ruling that a gun was not a fit instrument for chastisement and declaring it irrelevant to Copeland's entitlement to damages whether Gilbert's injuries were permanent or not. Parker appealed. The Supreme Court upheld the lower court's verdict, declaring that the act of shooting the slave betrayed passion in the overseer, rather than a desire to promote the true interest of his employers, or to keep up that subordination, that the state of our society demands.
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Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2007. Digitized from a copy held by the North Carolina State Archives.
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North Carolina State Archives
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Material sourced from the North Carolina State Archives
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