Southern slavery and the law, 1619-1860:
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| Beschreibung: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002 Includes bibliographical references (pages 525-561) and index 1. The Function of Race in Southern Slave Law -- 2. The Sources of Southern Slave Law -- 3. Slaves as Property -- Chattels Personal or Realty, and Did It Matter? -- 4. Slavery and the Law of Successions -- 5. Contract Law in the Sale and Mortgaging of Slaves -- 6. The Slave Hireling Contract and the Law -- 7. Southern Law and the Homicides of Slaves -- 8. Law and the Abuse of Slaves -- 9. Jurisdiction and Process in the Trials of Slaves -- 10. Slaves and the Rules of Evidence in Criminal Trials -- 11. Masters and the Criminal Offenses of Their Slaves -- 12. Obedience and the Outsider -- 13. Slaves' Violence against Third Parties -- 14. Slaves, Sexual Violence, and the Law -- 15. Property Crimes and the Law -- 16. Police Regulations -- 17. Wrongs of Slaves and the Civil Liability of Masters -- 18. Emancipation: Conceptions, Restraints, and Practice -- 19. Quasi and In futuro Emancipations 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 Morris clearly shows, racial slavery came to the English colonies as an institution without strict legal definitions or guidelines. Therefore, laws governing slaves and slavery had to be incorporated into the body of English common law that formed the basis of legal culture throughout the colonial South Specifically, Morris demonstrates that there was no coherent body of law that dealt solely with slaves. Instead, more general legal rules concerning inheritance, mortgages, and transfers of property coexisted with laws pertaining only to slaves. According to Morris, southern lawmakers and judges struggled to reconcile a social order based on slavery with existing English common law (or, in Louisiana, with continental civil law). Because much was left to local Interpretation, laws varied between and even within states. In addition, legal doctrine often differed from local practice. And, as Morris reveals, in the decades leading up to the Civil War, tensions mounted between the legal culture of racial slavery and the competing demands of capitalism and evangelical Christianity. Using a wide range of published and unpublished legal records from fifty countries and parishes, Morris offers a detailed and systematic analysis of Cases as a means of establishing both what the doctrines concerning slavery were and how they were implemented |
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| spelling | Morris, Thomas D. Verfasser aut Southern slavery and the law, 1619-1860 Thomas D. Morris Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press ©1996 1 Online-Ressource (x, 575 pages) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Studies in legal history Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002 Includes bibliographical references (pages 525-561) and index 1. The Function of Race in Southern Slave Law -- 2. The Sources of Southern Slave Law -- 3. Slaves as Property -- Chattels Personal or Realty, and Did It Matter? -- 4. Slavery and the Law of Successions -- 5. Contract Law in the Sale and Mortgaging of Slaves -- 6. The Slave Hireling Contract and the Law -- 7. Southern Law and the Homicides of Slaves -- 8. Law and the Abuse of Slaves -- 9. Jurisdiction and Process in the Trials of Slaves -- 10. Slaves and the Rules of Evidence in Criminal Trials -- 11. Masters and the Criminal Offenses of Their Slaves -- 12. Obedience and the Outsider -- 13. Slaves' Violence against Third Parties -- 14. Slaves, Sexual Violence, and the Law -- 15. Property Crimes and the Law -- 16. Police Regulations -- 17. Wrongs of Slaves and the Civil Liability of Masters -- 18. Emancipation: Conceptions, Restraints, and Practice -- 19. Quasi and In futuro Emancipations 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 Morris clearly shows, racial slavery came to the English colonies as an institution without strict legal definitions or guidelines. Therefore, laws governing slaves and slavery had to be incorporated into the body of English common law that formed the basis of legal culture throughout the colonial South Specifically, Morris demonstrates that there was no coherent body of law that dealt solely with slaves. Instead, more general legal rules concerning inheritance, mortgages, and transfers of property coexisted with laws pertaining only to slaves. According to Morris, southern lawmakers and judges struggled to reconcile a social order based on slavery with existing English common law (or, in Louisiana, with continental civil law). Because much was left to local Interpretation, laws varied between and even within states. In addition, legal doctrine often differed from local practice. And, as Morris reveals, in the decades leading up to the Civil War, tensions mounted between the legal culture of racial slavery and the competing demands of capitalism and evangelical Christianity. Using a wide range of published and unpublished legal records from fifty countries and parishes, Morris offers a detailed and systematic analysis of Cases as a means of establishing both what the doctrines concerning slavery were and how they were implemented Geschichte 1619-1860 gnd rswk-swf POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Judicial Branch bisacsh LAW / Legal Services bisacsh LAW / Civil Procedure bisacsh LAW / Constitutional bisacsh LAW / Public bisacsh Slavery fast Slavery / Law and legislation fast Slaven (arbeid) gtt Rechtspositie gtt Common law gtt Sklaverei swd Geschichte 1619-1860 swd Geschichte Recht Sklaverei Slavery Law and legislation Southern States History Slavery Southern States History Sklaverei (DE-588)4055260-3 gnd rswk-swf USA Südstaaten (DE-588)4078674-2 gnd rswk-swf USA Südstaaten (DE-588)4078674-2 g Sklaverei (DE-588)4055260-3 s Geschichte 1619-1860 z 1\p DE-604 Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Paperback 0-8078-4817-4 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=104003 Aggregator Volltext 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
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