Bonds of Empire - The English Origins of Slave Law in South Carolina British

Bonds of Empire reveals how English law facilitated the expansion of slavery in British America.

List of contents

List of Tables; Acknowledgements; A Note on Text; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Chattel; 2. Bonds; 3. In Rem; 4. Equity; 5. Res Publica; Conclusion; Index.

About the author

Lee B. Wilson is Assistant Professor of History at Clemson University. A historian of colonial British America and the early modern Atlantic world, her research interests include the legal history of early American slave societies, colonial property law, and legal discourse.

Summary

Bonds of Empire reveals how English law facilitated the expansion of slavery in British America. Moving beyond an examination of criminal law, the book suggests that plantation slavery and the laws that governed it were not beyond the pale of English imperial legal history.

Product details

• Authors: Lee B. Wilson, Lee B. (Clemson University Wilson
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781108495257
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49525-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; HISTORY / General, South Carolina, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Legal History, History of the Americas, Slavery & abolition of slavery, C 1600 To C 1700, C 1700 To C 1800, Slavery and abolition of slavery, Later 17th century c 1650 to c 1699