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Before Dred Scott: Slavery and Legal Culture in the American Confluence, 1787–1857 - Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society Twitty, Anne (University of Mississippi)
Before Dred Scott: Slavery and Legal Culture in the American Confluence, 1787–1857 - Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society
Twitty, Anne (University of Mississippi)
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.
260 pages, 2 b/w illus. 1 map 2 tables
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | October 31, 2016 |
| ISBN13 | 9781107112063 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 300 |
| Dimensions | 237 × 162 × 23 mm · 568 g |
| Language | English |
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