“The State’s Bight of Appeal in Criminal Cases. Where a motion in arrest of judgment in a criminal case has been sustained, and the prisoner ordered discharged, on the ground that at the time of the commission of the offense the defendant was a slave, and as such not liable to punishment.
Tag Archives: Slavery
A Pre-War Predicament in Post-War Fredericktown
“Could being property, like a horse, be any more guilty of killing a slave likewise property, than one horse in killing another horse?”
Slavery Was Not the Cause of the War: Another Example
While exploring the archives of the Charleston Courier (Charleston, Mississippi County, Missouri) I found another example of Northern views regarding slavery and whether or not Union soldiers were fighting to abolish the institution.
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