Slavery & the Law

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Slavery & the Law is written by Paul Finkelman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0742521192 (ISBN 10) and 9780742521193 (ISBN 13).

In this book, prominent historians of slavery and legal scholars analyze the intricate relationship between slavery, race, and the law from the earliest Black Codes in colonial America to the passage of the Fugitive Slave Law and the Dred Scott decision prior to the Civil War. Slavery & the Law's wide-ranging essays focus on comparative slave law, auctioneering practices, rules of evidence, and property rights, as well as issues of criminality, punishment, and constitutional law.