| Slavery, Freedom, and the Law in the Atlantic World: A Brief History with Documents Contributor(s): Peabody, Sue (Author), Grinberg, Keila (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312411766 ISBN-13: 9780312411763 Publisher: Bedford Books OUR PRICE: $39.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2007 Annotation: In the Spanish, Portuguese, French, and English empires in the Americas, individuals and groups turned to courts of law to define and implement various types of status for indigenous Americans, forcibly imported Africans, and colonizing Europeans--and their progeny. Peabody and Grinberg introduce the voices of slaves, slave-holders, jurists, legislators, and others, as they struggle to critique, overturn, justify, or simply describe the social order in which they are embedded. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Americas (north Central South West Indies) - Social Science | Slavery - Law | Legal History |
| Dewey: 346.701 |
| LCCN: 2006934044 |
| Series: Bedford Series in History & Culture (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.35" H x 7.24" W x 7.98" (0.50 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this collection of documents from the French, British, Spanish, and Portuguese empires, Slavery, Freedom, and the Law in the Atlantic World introduces the voices of slaves, slave-holders, jurists, legislators, and others, struggling to critique, overturn, justify, or simply describe the social order in which they found themselves during this era. |