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    Manuscript Collections Texas
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    Texas legal broadside, 1867. 1 printed item. Location: E:Imprints. Broadside entitled THE STATE vs. WM. R. WILSON, concerns the murder of a slave in Harris County, Texas and the laws applied to this case later during Reconstruction. Legal appeal declares that Wilson is not guilty of murdering a slave since slavery no longer exists. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3032.
    Manuscript Topic
    African Americans
    Record Type
    Manuscript Collections
    Year
    1867
    Page URL: https://lib.lsu.edu/special/manuscripts/guides/texas-0
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