1835, Sep. 29, Warrant to Arrest Three Men for Whipping a Slave. Part-printed warrant to the Sheriff of Lawrence County Ala., commanding he bring three men to appear in court for unlawfully whipping plaintiff's slave, also with court recording information, some wear, still Very Fine, interesting to note that the offense was not necessarily the whipping of the slave but of interfering with another's property, an interesting window on the institution of slavery

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