Slavery & the Law

abolitionist action African Americans antebellum antislavery argued argument Aulus Balbus Bill of Rights Black Code century character Chief Justice cited Civil claimed colonial common law confessions Congress County crime criminal cruelty Declaration defendant deft Derrick Bell District Dred Scott English enslaved evidence example federal Fourteenth Amendment free blacks free speech freedom Fugitive Slave Law Ginger Pop Helper's book Henry Utz Hornblower Hornblower's human Humphreys Ibid institution issue Jersey John John Bingham judge jurists jury labor Law of Slavery Law Review liability liberty Louisiana mandate manumission Marlboro District master moral Negro North operation of law opinion overseer Papinian Paul Finkelman percent person plaintiffs plantation political protection race racial reprint Republican Roman law rule runaway sales by operation Senator Sheriff slave owners slave population slave sales slaveholders sold South Carolina Southern statute supra note Supreme Court testified testimony tion trial University Press Virginia whipped William witness York