And rejected in other cases, such as South Carolina [State v. Fleming (1848)] and North Carolina [State v. Weaver (1798)]. Whatever the law said, though, the fact is that you can probably count the number of convictions of whites for killing slaves in the south on your fingers. When cases were brought, acquittals were far more common.
In State v. Fleming, 2 Strob. 464 (1848), the Supreme Court held the the charge to be manslaughter and not murder, agreeing with the 1821 law. As it was, it held a penalty of $500 and 6 months in jail. Murder of a slave was punishable since 1740, and punishable by death without benefit of clergy since 1821. To name a few:
In South Carolina: State vs. Cheatwood, 2 Hill. 459 (1834).
In Tennessee: Fields v. The State Of Tennessee, 1 Yerger 156 (1829).
In North Carolina the legislature made the murder of a slave illegal in 1774, the courts upheld in: State v. Reed, 2 Hawk 454. (1823), State v. Hoover, 20 NC 393 (1839), State v. Motley 7 Rich. 327 (1854).
In Mississippi: The State of Mississippi v. Jones, Walker 83 (1820).
otherwise, EVERYONE here will assume you are LYING again, as you USUALLY do. (even the members of "the DY coven" assume, absent evidence to the contrary, that you ALWAYS lie, even when THE TRUTH would serve your cause better. it's evidently a psychosis.)
laughing AT you.
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