Slavery, Freedom, and the Law in the Atlantic World

Slavery, Freedom, and the Law in the Atlantic World
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Publisher : Macmillan Higher Education
Total Pages : 320
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ISBN-10 : 9781319242077
ISBN-13 : 1319242073
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Download or read book Slavery, Freedom, and the Law in the Atlantic World written by Sue Peabody and published by Macmillan Higher Education. This book was released on 2018-10-26 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the era of revolution, independence, and emancipation in the north Atlantic, slavery and freedom were fluid and contested concepts. Individuals and groups turned to courts of law to define and enforce the status of indigenous Americans, forcibly imported Africans, and colonizing Europeans -- and their progeny. Legal institutions of the state manufactured and mediated a new, dynamic concept of freedom, inventing categories of race and codifying white privilege. In this collection of documents from the French, British, Spanish, and Portuguese empires, Peabody and Grinberg introduce the voices of slaves, slave-holders, jurists, legislators, and others who struggled to critique, overturn, justify, or simply describe the social order in which they found themselves. Discussion questions, illustrations, a glossary, and a bibliography allow students to analyze these rich documents and discern their lasting influences.


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