396 pages / 6.00 x 9.00 inches / 15 halftones, 2 maps
History / United States - Southern History
Impressively researched, this study analyzes Louisiana’s slave laws from the territorial period to the Civil War. The numerous case histories Schafer presents make for compelling reading, for they depict in detail, probably better than most fictional or narrative accounts, what living in bondage could mean.
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