In the Shadow of Dred Scott : St. Louis Freedom Suits and the Legal Culture of Slavery in Antebellum America /
"The Dred Scott suit for freedom, argues Kelly M. Kennington, was merely the most famous example of a phenomenon that was more widespread in antebellum American jurisprudence than is generally recognized. The author draws on the case files of more than three hundred enslaved individuals who, li...
Autor principal: | Kennington, Kelly M. (Kelly Marie) (Autor) |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Athens :
The University of Georgia Press,
[2017]
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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