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MSA SC 5339-263-2
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Court of Appeals Cases
Lexis results for "slave or negro or negroes" in
MD State Cases, combined, 1807-1831.
Criminal Cases:
Duvall v. State, 6 H. & J. 9; 1823.
Queen v. State, 5 H. & J. 232; 1821.
State v. John, alias Jack Dent, 3 G. & J. 8; 1830.
Cases with blacks as parties:
Miller, ex. Beard v. Negro Charles, 1 G. & J. 390;
1829.
Negro George, et al., v. Corse's Admin., 2 H. & G. 1;
1827.
Chew v. Gary, 6 H. & J. 526; 1825.
Hamilton v. Cragg, 6 H. & J. 16; 1823.
Hall v. Mullin, 5 H. & J. 190; 1821.
Hughes v. Negro Milly, et. al., 5 H. & J. 310; 1821.
Davis v. Jacquin & Pomerait, 5 H. & J. 100; 1820.
Baptiste, et al. v. De Volunbrun, 5 H. & J. 86; 1820.
Negro William v. Kelly, 5 H. & J. 59; 1820.
Walkup v. Pratt, 5 H. & J. 51; 1820.
Negro Clara v. Meagher, 5 H. & J. 111; 1820.
Wicks, et al. v. Chew, et al., 4 H. & J. 543; 1819.
Johnson v. Negro Lish, 4 H. & J. 441; 1819.
Negro Hannah and children v. Sparkes, 4 H. & J. 310;
1818.
Henderson v. Negro Tom, 4 H. & J. 282; 1817.
Burroughs's Admin. v. Negro Anna, 4 H. & J. 262;
1817.
Walls v. Hemsley, et al., 4 H. & J. 243; 1817.
Fulton v. Lewis, 3 H. & J. 564; 1815.
Haney v. Waddle, 3 H. & J. 557; 1815.
Sprigg v. Negro Mary, 3 H. & J. 491; 1814.
Sprigg v. Negro Presly, 3 H. & J. 493; 1814.
Queen v. Neale, 3 H. & J. 158; 1810.
Negro George v. Dennis, 2 H. & J. 454; 1809.
Dorsey v. Gassaway, 2 H. & J. 402; 1809.
Shorter v. Boswell, 2 H. & J. 359; 1808.
Negro Cato v. Howard, 2 H. & J. 323; 1808.
Negro James v. Gaither, 2 H. & J. 176; 1807.
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MSA SC 5339-263-4
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Death Penalty legislation:
Laws of 1795, Chapter 82. Dorsey's Code, p. 328, AOMOL 141, p. 328.
Death sentence procedure
Laws of 1809, Chapter 138. AOMOL 570, p.
90.
Crimes that carry death sentence.
Issuance of death warrants by Governor not found in GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL (Proceedings) MSA S1071 or (Minutes) MSA S1073 or in STATE PAPERS (Series A) or
(Scharf Collection). Original death warrants presumably sent to County Courts.
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MSA SC 5339-263-5
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Pardons
Database of all pardons, commutations, etc. issued to slaves
and free blacks 1807-1831. Entries in volumes covering 1807-1827 contain death warrants as well; later volumes seem not to.
Spreadsheet of pardons.
Spreadsheet with total numbers of pardons per year.
PDF version.
Sources:
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL (Pardon Record) 1806-1818 [MSA S1107-3].
Searched from start of 1807 [no page numbers]
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL (Pardon Record) 1819-1827 [MSA S1107-4].
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL (Pardon Record) 1827-1838 [MSA S1107-5].
Searched through end of 1831, p. 166.
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MSA SC 5339-263-6
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Kent County Assessments
Listing of all free blacks in Kent County tax assessments, 1804-1813. Compiled by Owen Lourie.
Spreadsheet.
Source: KENT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE TAX (Assessment List) 1804-1839 [MSA C1025]
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MSA SC 5339-263-7
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1805-1808
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Manumission by act of the Legislature and revisions to the laws governing Manumissions. The case of Robert Williams.
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MSA SC 5339-263-8
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2013/01/30
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2013/01/30: Three books on Nova Scotia Blacks from the Library of Larry Gibson, Chairman of the Slavery Commission, on loan electronically for the use of the research division. Scanned and ocr'd. PDF files uploaded to the restricted notes section of this entry.
Grant, John N. The Immigration & Settlement of the Black Refugees of the War of 1812 in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Dartmouth: The Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia, 1990.
Hill, Daniel G. The Freedom Seekers: Blacks in Early Canada. Agincourt: The Book Society of Canada Limited, 1981.
Whitfield, Harvey Amani. From American Slaves to Nova Scotia Subjects: The case of the black refugees, 1813-1840. Canadian Ethnography Series, Vol. 2. Toronto: Prentice Hall, 2005.
2013/01/30: Place holder for Stephanie for the three books on blacks in Nova Scotia. give proper bibliographic citations here to the the three books and link them to the uploads in the restricted series of notes. Consult with me if you have any problems, concerns. Maya is to have access to this series, as the trail of many of the people she is studying leads to Nova Scotia.
Ed
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