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Collection Reference Number GLC08381.21
From Archive Folder Collection of 22 documents pertaining to "The State vs. Cally, a Slave" 
Title A note about a weapon
Date ca. 1858-1859
Document Type Legal document
Content Description A note about a weapon which states " that the weapon must be so used as to produce the effect legally attributed to it's use, else the jury can not infer that it was used with the intent legally attributed to its use."
Subjects Slave Life  Law  African American History  Slavery  Slave Rebellion  Weaponry  Fugitive Slave Act  Runaway Slave  
Place written Lawrence County, Alabama
Theme Slavery & Abolition; Law; African Americans
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859