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.
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