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Author:
Fede, Andrew, author.
Title:
Homicide justified : the legality of killing slaves in the United States and the Atlantic world / Andrew T. Fede.
Publisher:
The University of Georgia Press,
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
xiii, 343 pages ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Slavery--History.--United States--History.
Slavery--History.--Atlantic Ocean Region--History.
Homicide--United States--History.
Homicide--Atlantic Ocean Region--History.
Slaves--History.--United States--History.
Slaves--History.--Atlantic Ocean Region--History.
Slaves--Legal status, laws, etc.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Series:
Southern legal studies
ISBN:
0820351121
9780820351124
OCLC:
(OCoLC)960033753
LCCN:
2016055418
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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