Slave Law in the American South: State V. Mann in History and Literature by Mark V. Tushnet

Slave Law in the American South: State V. Mann in History and Literature

Landmark Law Cases & American Society

Mark V. Tushnet

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nonfiction history sociology
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Slavery in the American South could not have existed without the authority of law defining slaves as the property of their masters. But the fact that slaves were also human beings placed limits on this harsh reality. When the rigor of the law and ...

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