Slavery, Freedom, and the Law in the Atlantic World
| Author | : Sue Peabody |
| Publisher | : Palgrave Macmillan |
| Total Pages | : 208 |
| Release | : 2007-03-15 |
| ISBN-10 | : 140397151X |
| ISBN-13 | : 9781403971517 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (517 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Slavery, Freedom, and the Law in the Atlantic World by : Sue Peabody
Download or read book Slavery, Freedom, and the Law in the Atlantic World written by Sue Peabody and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-03-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Spanish, Portuguese, French, and English empires in the Americas, individuals and groups turned to courts of law to define and implement various types of status for indigenous Americans, forcibly imported Africans, and colonizing Europeans--and their progeny. Peabody and Grinberg introduce the voices of slaves, slave-holders, jurists, legislators, and others, as they struggle to critique, overturn, justify, or simply describe the social order in which they are embedded.
