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Bonds of Empire: Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society

Autor Lee B. Wilson
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 apr 2024
Bonds of Empire reveals how English law facilitated the expansion of slavery in British America. Moving beyond an examination of criminal law, the book suggests that plantation slavery and the laws that governed it were not beyond the pale of English imperial legal history.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781108817899
ISBN-10: 1108817890
Pagini: 290
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.47 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Seria Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society


Cuprins

List of Tables; Acknowledgements; A Note on Text; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Chattel; 2. Bonds; 3. In Rem; 4. Equity; 5. Res Publica; Conclusion; Index.

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'Employing an original perspective and approach, Wilson provocatively uses her law degree to read new understandings into how slavery transformed African-descended people into forms of property - sometimes chattel, sometimes real estate, sometimes salvage. Importantly, Wilson's legal history centers the humanity of the enslaved by considering lived experiences, including how captives challenged the variegated methods of their subjection.' Kevin Dawson, University of California, Merced
'This is a book that we've needed for a long time, for it demonstrates how readily England's legal language fit chattel slavery in early America. Colonial lawmakers did not need to invent new terms, new procedures to exert power over slaves: colonists could rely upon legal words and practices already found in common law, admiralty, and equity. Slave law was part and parcel of the English empire's legal regime.' Sally E. Hadden, Western Michigan University
'Wilson shows how English law facilitated the expansion and perpetuation of racial slavery in America. The book convincingly argues that all law in the plantation colonies was slave law, insulating owners from moral qualms and facilitating economic growth by transforming enslaved people into property. Bonds of Empire is a timely intervention in the lively new literature on Anglo-American imperial history.' Peter S. Onuf, Thomas Jefferson Professor of History, Emeritus, University of Virginia

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