9780521521383-0521521386-The Bondsman's Burden: An Economic Analysis of the Common Law of Southern Slavery (Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society)

The Bondsman's Burden: An Economic Analysis of the Common Law of Southern Slavery (Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society)

ISBN-13: 9780521521383
ISBN-10: 0521521386
Author: Jenny Bourne Wahl
Publication date: 2002
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Paperback 292 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780521521383
ISBN-10: 0521521386
Author: Jenny Bourne Wahl
Publication date: 2002
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Paperback 292 pages

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The Bondsman's Burden: An Economic Analysis of the Common Law of Southern Slavery (Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society) (ISBN-13: 9780521521383 and ISBN-10: 0521521386), written by authors Jenny Bourne Wahl, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2002. With an overall rating of 3.5 stars, it's a notable title among other Civil War (United States History, Americas History) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Bondsman's Burden: An Economic Analysis of the Common Law of Southern Slavery (Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society) (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Civil War books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $1.36.

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Were slaves property or human beings under the law? Antebellum Southern judges designed efficient laws that protected property rights and helped slavery remain economically viable, laws that sheltered the persons embodied by that propertySH-the slaves themselves. Unintentionally, these judges generated rules applicable to ordinary Americans. Wahl provides a rigorous, compelling economic analysis of the common law of Southern slavery, inspecting thousands of legal disputes.

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