These pages contain a wealth of information transcribed from
obscure and fragile, original documents housed at the North
Carolina General Assembly Sessions Records at the North Carolina
State Archives. Every attempt has been made to transcribe the
complete collection, including partial or fragmented documents. The
wide variety of documents transcribed includes: Magistrates or
Special Courts for slaves, owner's claims for executed slaves,
runaway slaves, outlawed slaves, slave rebellion, clandestine
trading with slaves, hiring of slaves, petitions relative to the
Revolutionary War, importation of slaves from the Caribbean and
Africa, Quaker petitions, emancipation petitions, and many other
diverse records. All races are represented in these records-slaves,
free mulattoes, free Blacks, and Whites. These records are teeming
with intrigue of every description. They abound with murder,
poison, rape, conspiracy, angry pilots, clandestine dealings with
slaves, pious Quakers, slaves from Africa, greed, and last, but not
least, the ordinary people themselves. Records are grouped by:
General Assembly Sessions, 1709-1782, and 1783-1789; Secretary of
State papers (Magistrate Courts); and Court Martial (Lt. William
Lyle.) A Table of Cases for the Magistrates Courts records, and the
laws relative to the Magistrates Courts (1715-1825) are provided in
the appendices. A full name plus subject index further enhances
this excellent resource. This is Mr. Byrd's sixth book with
Heritage Books.
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