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Tyrannicide uses a captivating narrative to unpack the experiences of slavery and slave law in South Carolina and Massachusetts during the Revolutionary Era. In 1779, during the midst of the American Revolution, thirty- four South Carolina slaves escaped aboard a British privateer and survived several naval battles until the Massachusetts brig Tyrannicide led them to Massachusetts. Over the next four years, the slaves became the center of a legal dispute between the two states. The case affected slave law and highlighted theprofound differences between how the ""terrible institution"" was prac

What we know today : a contemporary understanding of the Atlantic slave trade -- The nineteenth century law of the sea and the British abolition of the slave trade -- Fydor Martens and the question of slavery at the 1890 Brussels conference -- Slavery and the League of Nations : Ethiopia as a civilised nation -- The international legal regime of slavery and human exploitation and its obfuscation by the term of art : slavery-like practice' -- A review of Understanding global slavery, a reader by Kevin Bales -- A review of Trafficking in human beings, modern slavery by Silvia Scarpa -- A case note of Hadijatou Mani Koraou v. Republic of Niger -- A case note of Rantsev v. Cyprus and Russia -- Immanent critique : international law and the dubious case-law on slavery -- A review of The slave trade and the origin of international human rights law by Jenny S. Martinez -- Review of Colonialism, slavery, reparations and trade, remedying the past? edited by Fernne Brennan and John Packer -- No effective trafficking definition exists : domestic implementation of the Palermo Protocol -- On the curious disappearance of human servitude from general international law -- Sham adoption : the DNA of a conventional servitude -- Exploitation and labour in international law -- A legal consideration 'slavery' in light of the travaux preparatoires of the 1926 convention -- The definition of 'slavery' in general international law and the crime of enslavement within the Rome statute -- Case note of the Queen v. Tang -- When forced marriage is slavery -- Property law and the definition of slavery / Jean Allain and Robin Hickey -- Slavery and its definition / Jean Allain and Kevin Bales

Students of American history know of the law's critical role in systematizing a racial hierarchy in the United States. Showing that this history is best appreciated in a comparative perspective, The Long, Lingering Shadow looks at the parallel legal histories of race relations in the United States, Brazil, and Spanish America. Robert J. Cottrol takes the reader on a journey from the origins of New World slavery in colonial Latin America to current debates and litigation over affirmative action in Brazil and the United States, as well as contemporary struggles against racial discrimination and

Reparations for Slavery in International Law examines the case for contemporary redress for the harms and legacies of transatlantic enslavement from a legal perspective. The book critically evaluates the history of transatlantic enslavement as well as the evolutions in international law that justified and perpetuated the exploitation of African peoples and people of African descent.

This book reviews what is known about the issue of slavery, and argues that the concept of "afterlives" is more helpful than that of "modern slavery" to those seeking to challenge injustice, violence, inequality and oppression in the twenty-first century.

Were slaves property or human beings under the law? In crafting answers to this question, Southern judges designed efficient laws that protected property rights and helped slavery remain economically viable. But, by preserving property rights, they sheltered the persons embodied by that property - the slaves themselves. Slave law therefore had unintended consequences: it generated rules that judges could apply to free persons, precedents that became the foundation for laws designed to protect ordinary Americans. The Bondsman's Burden, first published in 1998, provides a rigorous and compelling economic analysis of the common law of Southern slavery, inspecting thousands of legal disputes heard in Southern antebellum courts, disputes involving servants, employees, accident victims, animals, and other chattel property, as well as slaves. The common law, although it supported the institution of slavery, did not favor every individual slave owner who brought a grievance to court

p. 6 ; column 2 ; 2 ¾ col. in. ; The policy of the Mormon Church on slavery. If a man joins the church with slaves, it is up to him to free or sell them if they wish to leave him. The church does not assume responsibility to direct members what to do with slaves, as the members do not wish to disobey the laws of the United States, which recognize slave ownership as legal. Utah does not have a slavery law. From the Frontier Guardian.

In this insightful book about constitutional law and slavery, George Anastaplo illuminates both how the history of race relations in the United States should be approached and how seemingly hopeless social and political challenges can be usefully considered through the lens of the U.S. Constitution. He examines the outbreak of the American Civil War, its prosecution, and its aftermath, tracing the concept of slavery and law from its earliest beginnings and slavery's fraught legal history within the United States. Anastaplo offers discussions that bring into focus discussions

This paper argues that the foundation of modern anti-trafficking laws in England and Wales was created at the turn of the twentieth century, during the peak of white slavery hysteria. It shows that a series of interrelated legal interventions formed that foundation. While white slavery as a myth has been analysed, this paper turns the focus on legal regulation and shows why it is important to analyse its history in order to understand modern responses to trafficking. It focuses, in particular, on the first legal definition of victims of trafficking, involvement of vigilance associations in law reform, and on restrictions put in place on women's immigration. Finally, it reflects on how laws enacted at the turn of the twentieth century still resonate with those of today.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Figures and Tables -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Historical background -- Part I Slavery -- 3 The abolition of the slave trade -- 4 The abolition of slavery -- Part II Indentured labour -- 5 Informal indenture and apprenticeships -- 6 State-regulated immigration and the emergence of an Indian peasantry -- 7 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

Revisionism has been the historical vogue for well over two decades concerning Jeffersonian scholarship. This movement has been an attempt to neutralize the avowed "hagiographical" scholarship on Jefferson by aiming to offer an all-too-human Thomas Jefferson. The regrettable result has been a depiction, iterated and reiterated uncritically by scholars, of a less-than-human Jefferson, presenting him as an inveterate hypocrite and racist. Thus, Jeffersonian scholarship, as argued here, has become an exercise in useless, fatuous repetition of the same claims that has impeded attempts by serious scholars to gain fresh insights into the mind of one of the greatest Americans.This book offers a stimulating, provocative challenge to the stale revisionist claims on Jefferson concerning his hypocrisy and racism. It will appeal to mavens of Jefferson, as well as scholars intent on moving forward with Jeffersonian scholarship. The book will also appeal to those persons who believe it is time to resituate Jefferson on his little mountain.