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Before Dred Scott :

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1107112060

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9781107112063

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Before Dred Scott :

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[Book]

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slavery and legal culture in the American Confluence, 1787-1857 /

First Statement of Responsibility

Anne Twitty, University of Mississippi.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York, NY :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Cambridge University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2016.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xiii, 285 pages ;

Dimensions

24 cm.

Series Title

Cambridge historical studies in American law and society

Text of Note

Based on the author's thesis (doctoral, Princeton University, 2010) issued under title: Slavery and freedom in the American Confluence, from the Northwest Ordinance to Dred Scott.

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

A radical indeterminacy of status -- "With the ease of a veteran litigant" -- "By the help of God and a good lawyer" -- Slavery from liberty to equality -- "Working his emancipation" -- Exploiting the uncertainties of federalism -- Remembering slavery and freedom in the American Confluence.

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" ... Draws on the freedom suits filed in the St. Louis circuit court to construct a ground-breaking history of slavery and legal culture within the American Confluence, a vast region where the Ohio,, Mississippi, and the Missouri rivers converge. Formally divided between slave and free territories and states, the American Confluence was nevertheless a site where the borders between slavery and freedom, like the borders within the region itself, were fluid. Such ambiguity produced a radical indeterminacy of status, which, in turn, gave rise to a distinctive legal culture made manifest by the prosecution of hundreds of freedom suits, including the case that ultimately culminated in the landmark United States Supreme Court decision in Scott v. Sandford (1847)."--Page [i].

Missouri.-- History-- 19th century.

Missouri.

Slavery-- Law and legislation-- Missouri-- History-- 19th century.

Slaves-- Emancipation-- Missouri-- History-- 19th century.

Slaves-- Legal status, laws, etc.-- Missouri-- History-- 19th century.

Slavery-- Law and legislation.

Slaves-- Emancipation.

Slaves-- Legal status, laws, etc.

Missouri.

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Twitty, Anne Silverwood,1980-

Date of Transaction

20200822145917.0

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