Unequal Laws Unto a Savage Race: European Legal Traditions in Arkansas, 1686-1836

by S. Morris Arnold, Morris Arnold, Morris S. Arnold

Book Overview

Partly because its colonial settlements were tiny, remote, and inconsequential, the early history of Arkansas has been almost entirely neglected. Even Arkansas Post, the principal eighteenth-century settlement, served mainly as a temporary place of residence for trappers and voyageurs. It was also an entrepot for travelers on the Mississippi--a place to be while on the way elsewhere. Only a very few inhabitants, true agricultural settlers, ever...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0938626760
• ISBN13: 9780938626763
• Release Date: June 1985
• Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.6"