Before Dred Scott : slavery and legal culture in the American confluence, 1787-1857 /

Before Dred Scott draws on the freedom suits filed in the St Louis Circuit Court to construct a groundbreaking history of slavery and legal culture within the American Confluence, a vast region where the Ohio, Mississippi, and Missouri Rivers converge. Formally divided between slave and free territo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Twitty, Anne Silverwood, 1980- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Colección:Cambridge historical studies in American law and society.
Temas:
Missouri. > Circuit Court (22nd Circuit) > History > 19th century.
Missouri. > Circuit Court (22nd Circuit)
Universidad Sergio Arboleda
1800-1899
Enslaved persons > Legal status, laws, etc. > Missouri > Saint Louis > History > 19th century.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
Enslaved persons > Legal status, laws, etc.
Sklaverei
Rechtskultur
Missouri > Saint Louis.
American Confluence (Region)
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A radical indeterminacy of status
  • "With the ease of a veteran litigant"
  • "[B]y the help of God and a good lawyer"
  • Slavery from liberty to equality
  • "[W]orking his emancipation"
  • Exploiting the uncertainties of federalism
  • Remembering slavery and freedom in the American confluence
  • Conclusion.

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