Southern Slavery and the Law, 1619-1860Univ of North Carolina Press, 1996 - 575 pages This volume is the first comprehensive history of the evolving relationship between American slavery and the law from colonial times to the Civil War. As Thomas Morris clearly shows, racial slavery came to the English colonies as an institution without st |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Function of Race in Southern Slave Law | 17 |
The Sources of Southern Slave Law | 37 |
Slaves as PropertyChattels Personal or Realty and Did It Matter? | 61 |
Slavery and the Law of Successions | 81 |
Contract Law in the Sale and Mortgaging of Slaves | 102 |
The Slave Hireling Contract and the Law | 132 |
Southern Law and the Homicides of Slaves | 161 |
Slaves Violence against Third Parties | 289 |
Slaves Sexual Violence and the Law | 303 |
Property Crimes and the Law | 322 |
Police Regulations | 337 |
Wrongs of Slaves and the Civil Liability of Masters | 354 |
Emancipation Conceptions Restraints and Practice | 371 |
Quasi and Infuturo Emancipations | 400 |
Conclusion | 424 |
Law and the Abuse of Slaves | 182 |
Jurisdiction and Process in the Trials of Slaves | 209 |
Slaves and the Rules of Evidence in Criminal Trials | 229 |
Masters and the Criminal Offenses of Their Slaves | 249 |
Obedience and the Outsider | 262 |
Notes | 445 |
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