Judicial cases concerning American slavery and the Negro
By: edited by Helen Tunnicliff Catterall.
Contributors: Matteson, David Maydole, 1871-1949.; Hayden, James J. 1894-
Series: Carnegie Institution of Washington publication ;; no. 374. Papers of the Department of Historical Research; Carnegie Institution of Washington publication.; no. 374.
Publisher: Carnegie Institution of Washington
Published: 1926
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Subjects: Slavery -- United States -- Cases; Slavery -- United States -- History; Law reports, digests, etc. -- United States; Slavery -- Canada -- Cases; Slavery -- Jamaica -- Cases
Other titles: American slavery and the Negro.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
"The index has been prepared by Mr. David M. Matteson"--Pref., v. 1.
Vols. 4-5, "with additions by James J. Hayden."
"Under each state, the cases are set in chronological order, cases in the federal courts arising in that state being incorporated in the places where their dates would bring them.  The compilation has been brought to a close, in each state, at the end of the year 1875."--Pref., v. 1.
"List of abbreviations": v. 1, p. xi-xiv; v. 2, p. vii-x; v. 3, p. v-vii; v. 4, p. vii-xi; v. 5, p. vii-viii.
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Table of contents: title: I. Cases from the courts of England, Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky; title: II. Cases from the courts of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee; title: III. Cases from the courts of Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana; title: IV. Cases from the courts of New England, the middle states, and the District of Columbia; title: V. Cases from the courts of states north of the Ohio and west of the Mississippi rivers, Canada, and Jamaica.