Found on FamilySearch: Civil Actions Concerning Slaves and Free Persons of Color, Craven County, NC, 1775-1885

FamilySearch has digitized two microfilms of Civil Actions Concerning Slaves and Free Persons of Color, Craven County, NC, 1775-1885. There are several record subsets on these microfilms, the first contains 2,083 frames of selected records for Craven County, NC that mention enslaved and free African Americans and the second contains 1,811 frames of records.

Records on the microfilms include:

• John Davies, collector for duties on negroes imported vs. Isaac Hill and Levi Fulsher – civil actions brought by colored persons against Old Dominion Steamship Company, 1788-1885 (Film 2435143, Item 1)
• Criminal actions concerning slaves and free persons of color, 1781-1839 (Film 2435143, Item 2)
• Criminal actions concerning slaves and free persons of color, 1781-1868 (Film 2435197, Item 1)
• Antonio Mussay petitions for freedom from Thomas Parsons – lists of free Negroes licensed to keep guns, 1775-1861 (Film 2435197, Item 2)

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