A Letter from a [?] Douglas Recommending a Pardon for [Wr?] Hudson Pertaining to the Charge of Manslaughter of Slave
Item
Identifier
Q0000133855_Q0000133856
Title
A Letter from a [?] Douglas Recommending a Pardon for [Wr?] Hudson Pertaining to the Charge of Manslaughter of Slave
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Type
text
Creator
Douglas, [first name unknown]
Date
1859 December 3
Description
From the Alabama Department of Archives and History Governor A. B. Moore Collection. A letter from a [?] Douglas recommending a pardon for [Wr?] Hudson pertaining to the charge of manslaughter. This [Wr?] Hudson is the same one listed in several related documents as Elisha Hudson (the identifiers for these related documents are listed below). Elisha Hudson was an overseer of slaves who killed an enslaved man from a neighboring plantation.
Format
Letter
Language
English
Place
Chambers County (Ala.) 32.911111, -85.393889
Publisher
Alabama Department of Archives and History. (electronic version)
Contributor
Stephen H. Boutwell
Relation
Q0000133852_Q0000133854; Q0000133878_Q0000133880
transcription
To his Excellency Gov. [[Moore, Andrew B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873|A. B. Moore]]
I presided as [[Judge|Judge]] at the trial of [[Hudson, [Wr?]|[Wr?] Hudson]] who was convicted at the last Spring Term of [[Chambers County (Ala.)|Chambers]] [[Circuit courts|Circuit Court]] of [[Manslaughter|manslaughter]] in the second degree (for killing a [[Slave|slave]]) [Wr?] Hudson was prosecuted with energy: Although I was astonished with the verdict, and believed it proper that he should suffer some imprisonment, [yet?] under all the circumstances of the case, my opinion is that the confinement in jail to which has already been subjected ought to be deemed an adequate punishment by that department of the Government which holds the pardoning power: I there=fore now concur with those of the [?] & citizens who have applied for the pardon of [Wr?] Hudson, and recommend him to your clemency.
Very respectfully
[[Douglas, [?]|[?] Douglas]]
Dec—3d 1859
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Hudson
Chambers County
I presided as [[Judge|Judge]] at the trial of [[Hudson, [Wr?]|[Wr?] Hudson]] who was convicted at the last Spring Term of [[Chambers County (Ala.)|Chambers]] [[Circuit courts|Circuit Court]] of [[Manslaughter|manslaughter]] in the second degree (for killing a [[Slave|slave]]) [Wr?] Hudson was prosecuted with energy: Although I was astonished with the verdict, and believed it proper that he should suffer some imprisonment, [yet?] under all the circumstances of the case, my opinion is that the confinement in jail to which has already been subjected ought to be deemed an adequate punishment by that department of the Government which holds the pardoning power: I there=fore now concur with those of the [?] & citizens who have applied for the pardon of [Wr?] Hudson, and recommend him to your clemency.
Very respectfully
[[Douglas, [?]|[?] Douglas]]
Dec—3d 1859
[page break]
Hudson
Chambers County
Subject
Alabama--History--19th Century; Crime--Alabama—History; Chambers County (Ala.); Manslaughter; Slave