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State of Mississippi, Circuit Court Criminal Case, Lowndes County State v. Brown, Case File No. 1099
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Description
Fourteen pages of original court documents from the State v. Brown case dating 1854. The case was heard in the State of Mississippi Lowndes County Circuit Court.
Transcription
The State of Mississippi, Lowndes County, charged F.A. Brown, laborer, with licensing an enslaved man named Jim, alias James Graves, to go at large and trade as if a free man on October 16, 1854.
Approximate Creation Date
1854
Time Period
1850-1859
Subjects
Slaveholders.; Slavery -- Mississippi.; Slavery -- Mississippi -- History -- Sources.; Slaveholders.; Slaves -- Social Conditions.; Crime and race.; Legal documents.; Negotiable instruments.; Crime--History.
Keywords
Slavery, Slaves, Circuit Court, State Court, Criminal Files, Enslaved persons, Lowndes County, Mississippi; Legal instrument
Geographic Location
Columbus--Mississippi; Lowndes County (Miss.).
Object Type
Text
Physical Format
Document
Digital Format
TIFF
Digital ID
CLP_CircuitCourtCriminal_1099_StateVsBrown_1854
Source
State of Mississippi Lowndes County Circuit Court State Criminal Case Files Collection. Billups-Garth Archives, Columbus-Lowndes Public Library System (Miss.).
Repository
Columus-Lowndes Public Library System
Publisher
Columbus-Lowndes Public Library System
Digital Publisher
Mississippi State University Libraries
Rights
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Recommended Citation
State v. Brown Case File No. 1099. Lowndes County (Miss.) Circuit Court State Criminal Cases. Local Government Records, Billups-Garth Archives, Columbus-Lowndes Public Library System.
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