Slavery, the Civil Law, and the Supreme Court of Louisiana (Revised)

by Judith Kelleher Schafer

Book Overview

Winner of the Francis Butler Simkins Award for 1995 and the 1994 General L. Kemper Williams Prize

In what may be the most impressive research to date of state supreme court records, this study analyzes the evolution of Loui siana's slave laws from the territorial period to the Civil War. Schafer presents numerous concise case his tories, stories that are fascinating and at times heartbreaking in the particulars they reveal about slaves'...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807121657
• ISBN13: 9780807121658
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"