Nothing more than freedom : the failure of abolition in American law / Giuliana Perrone, University of California, Santa Barbara.
"After examining more than 700 lawsuits decided by the supreme courts of former slave states, Giuliana Perrone asserts that slavery remained actionable in American law well after its ostensible demise. An important study for scholars of slavery and the US Civil War"--
| Uniform Title: | Studies in legal history.
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2023.
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| Series: | Studies in legal history.
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| Physical Description: | 280 pages. |
| Format: | Book |
| Summary: |
"After examining more than 700 lawsuits decided by the supreme courts of former slave states, Giuliana Perrone asserts that slavery remained actionable in American law well after its ostensible demise. An important study for scholars of slavery and the US Civil War"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Note: | Based on author's thesis (doctoral - University of California, Berkeley, 2015) issued under title: Litigating emancipation : slavery's legal afterlife, 1865-1877. |
| Call Number: | KF4757 .P47 2023 |
| Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781009219198 1009219197 |