Slavery and the Law |
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| Author:
| Finkelman, Paul |
| Contribution by:
| Bell, Derrick
Bush, Jonathan A.
Corré, Jacob I.
Curtis, Michael Kent
Fisher, William W.
Gross, Ariela
Horton, James Oliver
Horton, Lois
Levinson, Sanford
Russell, Thomas D.
Schafer, Judith Kelleher
Watson, Alan |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7425-2119-3 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2001 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $37.95 |
Book Description:
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In this book, prominent historians of slavery and legal scholars analyze the intricate relationship between slavery, race, and the law from the earliest Black Codes in colonial America to the passage of the Fugitive Slave Law and the Dred Scott decision prior to the Civil War. Slavery & the Law's wide-ranging essays focus on comparative slave law, auctioneering practices, rules of evidence, and property rights, as well as issues of criminality, punishment, and constitutional law.
In this book, prominent historians of slavery and legal scholars analyze the intricate relationship between slavery, race, and the law from the earliest Black Codes in colonial America to the passage of the Fugitive Slave Law and the Dred Scott decision prior to the Civil War. Slavery & the Law's wide-ranging essays focus on comparative slave law, auctioneering practices, rules of evidence, and property rights, as well as issues of criminality, punishment, and constitutional law.