A bill to compensate the owners of slaves who may be executed.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate author / creator:	North Carolina. General Assembly. House of Commons.
Imprint:	[Raleigh, N.C.] : [Seaton Gales, printer to the Legislature], [1852]
Description:	1 online resource (pages 259-260).
Language:	English
Series:	House Document ; No. 38 House doc. (North Carolina. General Assembly. House of Commons) ; 1852, no. 38.
Subject:	Slavery -- North Carolina. Slave trade -- North Carolina. Compensation (Law) -- North Carolina. Compensation (Law) Slave trade. Slavery. North Carolina.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12415108

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Notes:	"Introduced by J. Turner Jr. Passed the first reading, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed"--At head of title. Online resource; title from PDF caption title (LLMC Digital, viewed October 13, 2020).
Summary:	1852 North Carolina House bill which would compensate an owner of a slave who was executed for a capital offense. As part of a jury's duty after a guilty verdict, it was to also assess the value of the slave; the owner would receive two-thirds of that amount following execution.

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