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Author:

Cobb, Thomas R. R. (Thomas Read Rootes), 1823-1862, author.

Title:

An inquiry into the law of Negro slavery in the United States of America : to which is prefixed, an historical sketch of slavery / Thomas R.R. Cobb ; introduction by Paul Finkelman.

Publisher:

University of Georgia Press,

Copyright Date:

1999

Description:

ccxxviii, 358 pages ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Slavery--Law and legislation--United States.
Slavery--United States--History.
Esclavage--États-Unis--Histoire.
Slavery.
Slavery--Law and legislation.
United States.
Slavery--Law and legislation--United States.
Slavery--United States--History.
Slavery--Law and legislation--United States.
Slavery--United States--History.
History.

Other Authors:

Finkelman, Paul, 1949- writer of introduction.
Cobb, Thomas Read Rootes, 1823-1862. Historical sketch of slavery.

Notes:

Originally published: Philadelphia : T. & J.W. Johnson ; Savannah : W.T. Williams, 1858. Includes bibliographical references and index. Originally published: Philadelphia : T. & J.W. Johnson ; Savannah : W.T. Williams, 1858.

Summary:

Provides a comprehensive antebellum restatement of the law of slavery and the only treatise on slavery written by a southerner. This resource was used as a practical manual for attorneys and judges at the time of its publication in 1858 and has served as a tool for scholars of slavery and legal historians ever since. This volume is also a significant summary of proslavery legal theory.

Series:

Studies in the legal history of the South

ISBN:

9780820321271
0820321273

OCLC:

(OCoLC)40901207

LCCN:

99022420

Locations:

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)