A Profile of Runaway Slaves in Virginia and South Carolina from 1730 Through 1787

ISBN-13: 9780815310181 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 220 str.

Lathan A. Windley;Windley Lathan

Opis

A study of both the legislation pertaining to runaway slaves and the individual slave uncovers some previously ignored issues from a legal standpoint, and also highlights the efforts made by slaves in the 18th century to confront these controls. The profile presents new research on the legal setting

Spis treści

Chapter 1 The Legal Setting; Chapter 2 The Fugitive as a Physical Specimen; Chapter 3 The Fugitive’s Degree of Acculturation; Chapter 4 Fugitive Demeanor and Discourse; Chapter 5 Flight and Destination; Chapter 6 The Development of the Fugitive Slave Clause in the Constitutional Convention; Chapter 7 Conclusion;

O autorze

Lathan Algerna Windley was Associate Professor of
History at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland.