Before dred scott: slavery and legal culture in the american confluence, 1787–1857
Auteur :
Twitty, Anne
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781107112063
Date de publication :
31 oct. 2016
Dimensions :
23,6 x 16,0 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
560 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Appealing to legal historians and scholars, this antebellum history uses original legal suits to analyse the understanding, use, and adaptation of formal law by slave holders and slaves within the American Confluence, an area of liminal boundaries where the Ohio, Mississippi, and Missouri Rivers converge.