| Slavery, the Civil Law, and the Supreme Court of Louisiana (Revised) Revised Edition Contributor(s): Schafer, Judith Kelleher (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807121657 ISBN-13: 9780807121658 Publisher: LSU Press OUR PRICE: $24.65 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 1997 Annotation: In what may be the most impressive research to date of state supreme court records, this study analyzes the evolution of Louisiana's slave laws from the territorial period to the Civil War. Schafer presents numerous concise case histories, stories that are fascinating and at times heartbreaking in the particulars they reveal about slaves' existence. Anyone interested in slavery will find Schafer's work riveting reading, for it depicts in detail, probably better than most fictional or narrative accounts, what living in bondage could mean. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Civil Law - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Political Science | Civil Rights |
| Dewey: 347.630 |
| Series: Southern Literary Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.91" H x 6.06" W x 9" (1.20 lbs) 412 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Louisiana - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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' existence. Anyone interested in slavery will find Schafer's work riveting reading, for it depicts in detail, probably better than most fictional or narrative accounts, what living in bondage could mean. |