Oral history.; Three interviews conducted on August 8 and 10, 1976 and October 19, 1976 with Jesse Boyce Holleman (born 1924). He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1947 until 1953. At that time, he became district attorney for...
The Merryman Habeas Corpus Case, Baltimore. The proceedings in full and opinion of Chief Justice Taney. The United States Government A Military Despotism.
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on November 12, 1981 and February 6, 1982 with Judge J. P. Coleman. Coleman was born on December 9, 1914 in Fentress, Mississippi. After attending the University of Mississippi, he was invited to work in...
Oral history.; Discusses Clarence Magee's family, his responsibilities on the farm, and first memories of racism. Talks about the African American schools around Columbia, Mississippi. Describes his attempts to register to vote in Hattiesburg and...
A Bill: To suspend the privilege of writ of habeas corpus, in certain cases, for a limited time. November 10, 1864 - Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and read first and second times. December 8, 1864 - Amended, engrossed, read the third...
President's Message in relation to the suspension of the Writ of Habeas Corpus. By the Chair; Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 20 May 1864.
