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Homicide justified : the legality of killing slaves in the United States and the Atlantic world / Andrew T. Fede.
LIBRA KF4545.S5 F43 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fede, Andrew, author.
- Series:
- Southern legal studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Slavery--Law and legislation--United States--History.
- Slavery.
- Slavery--Law and legislation.
- Enslaved persons--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Enslaved persons.
- History.
- Homicide.
- United States.
- Slavery--Law and legislation--Atlantic Ocean Region--History.
- Homicide--United States--History.
- Homicide--Atlantic Ocean Region--History.
- Enslaved persons--Violence against--United States--History.
- Enslaved persons--Violence against--Atlantic Ocean Region--History.
- Atlantic Ocean Region.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 343 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens, Georgia : The University of Georgia Press, [2017]
- Contents:
- Ancient approaches to the law of homicide and slave killing
- The visigoth, Spanish, Portuguese, and French laws on slave killing
- Creating a British colonial law of slave killing
- Decriminalization to amelioration on Britain's Atlantic Island colonies
- Slave killing law in Britain's Northern American colonies and the border states
- Slave killing in Britain's Southern mainland colonies
- Slave homicide reform in Virginia
- Slave homicide reform in North Carolina and the common law of slavery
- Slave homicide reform in Georgia and tennessee
- South Carolina joins the homicide law reform trend
- The antebellum states' law on slave homicide
- Conclusion : breaking out of the box of slavery law.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780820351124
- 0820351121
- OCLC:
- 960033753
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