The Bondsman's Burden
Jenny Bourne (St Olaf College, Minnesota) Wahl
Cambridge University Press, 2002
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Were slaves property or human beings under law? Southern judges designed laws that protected property rights and helped slavery remain economically viable, the foundation of laws applicable to free people. This 1998 book provides a rigorous, compelling economic analysis of the common law of Southern slavery, inspecting thousands of legal disputes.
- ISBN-13
- 9780521521383
- ISBN-10
- 0521521386
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 2002
- Publication date
- 2002-08-22
- Pages
- 292
- Dimensions
- 217x169x20
- Weight
- 430