Slavery, the Civil Law, and the Supreme Court of Louisiana,9780807121658

Slavery, the Civil Law, and the Supreme Court of Louisiana

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Edition: Reprint
ISBN13: 9780807121658
ISBN10: 0807121657
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1997-03-01
Publisher(s): Louisiana State Univ Pr
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Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Preface xi(6)
Acknowledgments xvii
1. "Slaves Are Regarded as Persons and Property": Sources of Slave Law in American Louisiana
1(27)
2. "Details Are of a Most Revolting Character": Cruelty to Slaves and Legal Intervention
28(30)
3. "No Proceedings... Shall Be Annulled or Impeded by Any Error of Form": The Treatment of Slaves Accused of Crimes
58(32)
4. "The Slave Who Absconds...Steals Himself": Slave Stealers and Fugitive Slaves
90(37)
5. "Guaranteed Against the Vices and Maladies Prescribed by Law": Warranties in Slave Sales
127(22)
6. "Marked in a Manner Unusual Amongst Civilised People": The Foreign and Domestic Slave Trade in Louisiana
149(31)
7. "Open and Notorious Concubinage": The Emancipation of Slave Mistresses by Will
180(21)
8. "Letting Loose in Our Midst...Persons of Color": Further Difficulties in Freeing Slaves by Will
201(19)
9. "An Emancipation, Once Perfected, Is Irrevocable": Suits for Freedom
220(30)
10. "As She Was a Free Woman There, She Must Be Held So Every Where": Comity, Conflict of Laws, and Suits for Freedom
250(39)
11. "To Cling to the Desperate Fortunes of the Confederacy": Appeals Concerning Slavery Heard After the Civil War
289(16)
Bibliography 305(68)
Index 373

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