The Legality of Killing Slaves in the United States and the Atlantic World
by
Andrew T. Fede, Paul Finkelman, Timothy S. Huebner
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2017
This comparative study looks at the laws concerning the murder of slaves by their masters and at how these laws were implemented. Andrew T. Fede cites a wide range of cases—across time, place, and circumstance—to illuminate legal, judicial, and other complexities surrounding this regrettably common...