21284605https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/21284605North CarolinaOrangeCounty381846Supreme12101846Supremegranted7012North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North CarolinaWilliam Lipscomb petitions for a writ of habeas corpus after his slave Anderson was arrested for stabbing another slave named Daniel. Related documents provide slave testimony about the source of the argument that arose between the two slaves involved, while walking from the meeting house back to their respective plantations, and give a description of the confrontation that led to the "affray" and the stabbing of one of the slaves.Jails/WorkhousesTrials (enslaved)Testimony (enslaved)Right to carry (enslaved)AssaultMedical treatmentRight to assemble (Black)Whipping