In the Matter of Color: Race and the American Legal Process. The Colonial PeriodI knew there was an indisputable nexus between the dark shadow of repression under which, historically, most American blacks have lived and the rioting occurring within ten blocks of the White House. Why, I thought to myself, in the land of the free and the home of the brave, had even brave blacks so often failed to get free? Why had that very legal process that had been devised to protect the rights of individuals against the will of the government and the whim of the majority been often employed so malevolently against blacks? |
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If you want to do history and law, start with this book.
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From what I have read this book has motivated me into reading more into my African American History on Slavery and the Legal System as a whole.
Contenido
Introduction | 3 |
The Leader | 19 |
Slaves and the Pilgrims | 61 |
From HalfFreedom to Slavery | 100 |
Revolutionary War and the Impetus Toward | 135 |
An Evaluation | 148 |
From Antislavery to Slavery | 216 |
and 1770 Slave Codes | 262 |
The Setting | 313 |
The Case of James Sommersett A Negro | 333 |
The Legacy of Sommersett | 356 |
THE REVOLUTION | 371 |
IN THE MATTER OF COLOR | 390 |
Bibliography | 397 |
Notes | 405 |
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Influence | 267 |
Table of Cases | 511 |
Términos y frases comunes
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| Título | In the Matter of Color: Race and the American Legal Process. The Colonial Period Volumen608 de Galaxy Books In the Matter of Color: Race and the American Legal Process, A. Leon Higginbotham (Jr.) Volumen1 de In the Matter of Color: The Colonial Period, Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham Oxford paperbacks Volumen1 de Race and the American legal process, A. Leon Higginbotham (Jr.) |
| Autor | A. Leon Higginbotham |
| Edición | ilustrada, reimpresa, revisada |
| Editor | OUP USA, 1978 |
| ISBN | 0195027450, 9780195027457 |
| Largo | 512 páginas |
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