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...
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| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2017] |
| Series: | Early American places.
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| Online Access: | Click here for full text at Project MUSE |