Slavery, the Civil Law, and the Supreme Court of Louisiana (Revised)

by Judith Kelleher Schafer

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Winner of the Francis Butler Simkins Award for 1995 and the 1994 General L. Kemper Williams Prize

In what may be the most impressive research to date of state supreme court records, this study analyzes the evolution of Loui siana's slave laws from the territorial period to the Civil War. Schafer presents numerous concise case his tories, stories that are fascinating and at times heartbreaking in the particulars they reveal about slaves'...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0807121657

ISBN13:9780807121658

Release Date:March 1997

Publisher:LSU Press

Length:412 Pages

Weight:0.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"

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