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Before Dred Scott : slavery and legal culture in the American confluence, 1787-1857
Title
Before Dred Scott : slavery and legal culture in the American confluence, 1787-1857 / Anne Twitty, University of Mississippi.
ISBN
9781107112063 (hardback : alk. paper)
1107112060 (hardback : alk. paper)
Publication
New York NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Physical Description
xiii, 285 pages ; 24 cm.
Notes
Based on author's thesis (doctoral - Princeton University, 2010) issued under title: Slavery and freedom in the American confluence, from the northwest ordinance to Dred Scott.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 25, 2017
Series
Cambridge historical studies in American law and society.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
A radical indeterminacy of status
"With the ease of a veteran litigant"
"By the help of God and a good lawyer"
Slavery from liberty to equality
"Working his emancipation"
Exploiting the uncertainties of federalism
Remembering slavery and freedom in the American confluence
Conclusion.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
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