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This volume is the first comprehensive history of the evolving relationship between American slavery and the law from colonial times to the Civil War. As Thomas
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This book examines how slavery is understood in law. It shows how the legal definition of slavery has evolved and continues to be contentious. It traces the und
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In an examination of Southern slave law between 1810 and 1860, Mark Tushnet reveals a structured dichotomy between slave labor systems and bourgeois systems of