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THE BONDSMAN'S BURDEN
AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE COMMON LAW OF SOUTHERN SLAVERY |
| By: |
Jenny Bourne Wahl, Christopher Tomlins |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£112.00 |
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£98.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0521592380 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780521592383 |
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| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
13 November, 1997 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society |
| Pages: |
292 |
| Description: |
This 1998 book presents a rigorous, compelling economic analysis of the common law of Southern slavery, inspecting thousands of legal disputes. |
| Synopsis: |
Were slaves property or human beings under the law? In crafting answers to this question, Southern judges designed efficient laws that protected property rights and helped slavery remain economically viable. But, by preserving property rights, they sheltered the persons embodied by that property - the slaves themselves. Slave law therefore had unintended consequences: it generated rules that judges could apply to free persons, precedents that became the foundation for laws designed to protect ordinary Americans. The Bondsman's Burden, first published in 1998, provides a rigorous and compelling economic analysis of the common law of Southern slavery, inspecting thousands of legal disputes heard in Southern antebellum courts, disputes involving servants, employees, accident victims, animals, and other chattel property, as well as slaves. The common law, although it supported the institution of slavery, did not favor every individual slave owner who brought a grievance to court. |
| Illustrations: |
3 tables |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
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