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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) ALABAMA COURT DOCUMENT.
Two
partially printed documents, accomplished by hand “State of Alabama,
Lawrence County: An Indictment having been found at Sept Term, 1865 of . .
.Against Salie Milam for the Offense of Arson” * “An Indictment having been
found at Sept Term, 1865 of . . .Against Monroe Owen for the Offense of Hog
Stealing.”
2 leaves, 6 x 7
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Alabama, September, 1865
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Two unusual arrest warrants, coming right after the end of the civil war. In the first warrant Sallie
Milam, is wanted for the crime of arson, a relatively common occurrence during slavery, and punishable
by death in many states. The other, a warrant for Monroe Owen for stealing a hog was a crime proba-
bly born of hunger. Both of these warrants were issued in the September Term of 1865. Both Sallie
and Monroe had more than likely had fled far away. Both warrants are docketed and bear the follow-
ing note: “Not Found August of 1865.”
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