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Tyrannicide : forging an American law of slavery in Revolutionary South Carolina and Massachusetts /

"Tyrannicide uses a captivating narrative to unpack the experiences of slavery and slave law in South Carolina and Massachusetts during the Revolutionary Era. In 1779, during the midst of the American Revolution, 34 South Carolina slaves escaped aboard a British privateer ship (the Tyrannicide)...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Blanck, Emily
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens, GA : University of Georgia Press, 2014.
Colección:Studies in the legal history of the South.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Forging an American Slave Law; Chapter 1 Slavery, Rhetoric, and Reality before the War, 1764-1774; Chapter 2 Slavery and the Start of the Revolution, 1775-1779; Chapter 3 The Tyrannicide Affair Begins, 1779-1782; Chapter 4 Diverging Slave Law in the New Nation, 1783-1787; Epilogue: Fugitive Slaves in the Constitutional Convention; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.