Document Type
Chapter of Book
Publication Date
2012
Keywords
slavery, Supreme Court, emancipation, Thirteenth Amendment, Fugitive Slave Law, Dred Scott v. Sandford, Colonial America, House of Burgesses
Subject Category
Civil Rights and Discrimination | Constitutional Law | Courts | Fourteenth Amendment | Inequality and Stratification | Law
Recommended Citation
Paul Finkelman, Slavery in the United States: Persons or Property?, in The Legal Understanding of Slavery: From the Historical to the Contemporary 105-134 (Jean Allain, ed., 2012)
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Civil Rights and Discrimination Commons, Constitutional Law Commons, Courts Commons, Fourteenth Amendment Commons, Inequality and Stratification Commons
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