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Slaves and the courts, 1740-1860
Title
Slaves and the courts, 1740-1860 [electronic resource] / Law Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, and General Collections of the Library of Congress.
Published
[Washington, D.C.] : Library of Congress, [2002].
Notes
Title from Web page (viewed on Apr. 4, 2002)
"American Memory, Library of Congress."
Summary
Presents more than a hundred pamphlets and books, published between 1772 and 1889, concerning the difficult experiences of African and African-American slaves in the American colonies and the United States. The documents, most from the Law Library and the Rare Book and Special Collections Division of the Library of Congress, comprise an assortment of trials and cases, reports, arguments, accounts, examinations of cases and decisions, proceedings, journals, a letter, and other works of historical importance. All but one of the items are available both as online images and as searchable text; the exception is an unpublished handwritten slavery code of 1860 for the District of Columbia, which is available as images only.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 04, 2004
System details note
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects
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Library of Congress. Law Library.
Library of Congress. Rare Book and Special Collections Division.
Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program.
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