Bonds of empire : the English origins of slave law in South Carolina and British plantation America, 1660-1783 / Lee B. Wilson, Clemson University.
Bonds of Empire presents an account of slave law that is entirely new: one in which English law imbued plantation slavery with its staying power even as it insulated slave owners from contemplating the moral implications of owning human beings. Emphasizing practice rather than proscription, the book...
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
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2021.
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| Series: | Cambridge historical studies in American law and society.
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