The Bondsman's Burden
Subtitle: An Economic Analysis of the Common Law of Southern Slavery (Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 22, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9780521521383
Subjects: Constitutional & administrative law; Slavery & emancipation; History: American; History; History - U.S.; Central Southern states; Constitutional; United States - 19th Century; History / United States / 19th Century; Law-Constitutional; Slavery--Law and legislation--United States--; Slavery--Law and legislation--United States--History
First sentence: The common law of slavery, like all of the common law, was a bridge connecting past to future.