Slave Patrols: Law and Violence in Virginia and the Carolinas

by Sally E. Hadden

Book Overview

Obscured from our view of slaves and masters in America is a critical third party: the state, with its coercive power. This book completes the grim picture of slavery by showing us the origins, the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674004701
• ISBN13: 9780674004702
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.6"