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

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

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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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