Papers, 1928-1957.

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Papers, 1928-1957.

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Speeches and a few offprints of articles by a judge of the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and alternate judge at the Nuremberg Trial. This collection does not contain any material related to Parker's rejection as an U.S. Supreme Court nominee in 1930.

1 linear foot (ca. 1,800 items)

University of North Carolina, Charlotte, J. Murrey Atkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7571785

University of North Carolina, Charlotte, J. Murrey Atkins Library

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United States. Circuit Court (4th Circuit)

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Thomas Garrett was a Quaker and a known conductor of the Underground Railroad. In 1848 he and fellow Quaker John Hunn were brought to trial by two slaveowners on charges of harboring and aiding fugitive slaves. The defendants were found guilty by the U.S. Circuit Court in Delaware, presided over by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, who ten years later would deliver the landmark Dred Scott Decision. Harriet Beecher Stowe cites Garrett's 1848 trial as inspiration for some scenes in her influential ant...

Parker, John Johnston, 1885-1958

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John Johnston Parker (1885-1958) of Charlotte, N.C., was a judge in the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit from 1925 to 1958. From the description of John Johnston Parker papers, 1920-1956. WorldCat record id: 25327598 Parker of North Carolina, judge of the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1925-1958, served as an alternate judge in the Nuremberg trial of major German war criminals in 1945-1946. From the description of Records of Nuremberg tri...