Rachel Freeman, NC, 1856

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"SeeLn 1855, the Cumberland Superior Court found Rachel
Freeman guilty of 'setting fire to the dwelling of Mr,
Ae He Whitfield! of Fayetteville (Fayetteville OBSERVER,
5-19-1855), Upon appeal the Supreme Court remanded the
case for a new trial because 'the jury was misled by
much irrelevant testimony which the court allowed to be
submitted.' (9 NORTH CAROLINA 5), In the second trial,
however, she was again found guilty.(FAYEITEVILLE OBSERVE
Nove 13, 1856.) THE FREE NEGRO IN NORTH CAROLINA, 1790
1860, by John Hope Franklin; Chapel Hill: University of
North Carolina Press, 1943; p 98.

Second conviction reversed and ordered frétd:
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FREEMAN, Rachel

"ein 1855, the Cumberland Superior Court found Rachel
Freeman guilty of 'setting fire to the dwelling of Mr,
Ae He Whitfield! of Fayetteville (Fayetteville OBSERVER,
5-19-1855). Upon appeal the Supreme Court remanded the
case for a new trial because 'the jury was misled by
much irrelevant testimony which the court allowed to be
submitted.' (9 NORTH CAROLINA 5), In the second trial,
however, she was again found guilty.(FAYEITEVILLE OBSERVER
Nov. 13, 1856.) THE FREE NEGRO IN NORTH CAROLINA, 1790-
1860, by John Hope Franklin; Chapel Hills University of
North Carolina Press, 1943; p 98.
Second conviction reversed and ordered fréed:
49 NC 5 (Hearn)
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FREIMAN, Rachel

MgseIn 1855, the Cumberland Superior Court found Rachel
Freeman guilty of ‘setting fire to the dwelling of Mr,
Ae He vinittiela’ of Fayetteville (Fayetteville OBSERVER,
5~19-1855). Upon appeal the Supreme Court remanded the
case for a new trial because 'the jury was misled by
much irrelevant testimony which the court allowed to be

submitted." (19 NORTH CAROLINA 5), In the second trial,
however, she was again found guilty, (EAYERTIVILLE OBSERVE!
Nov. 13, 1856,)" ‘HE FREE NEGRO IN NORTH CAROLINA, 1790=
1860, by John Hope Franklin; Chapel Hill: University of
North Carolina Press, 193; p 98.
Second conviction reversed and ordered frévd:
49 NC 5 (Hearn)
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