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| Author | : Anne Twitty |
| File Size | : 40,5 Mb |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 31 October 2016 |
| ISBN | : 9781107112063 |
| Pages | : 301 pages |
An analysis of slave and slaveholder understanding and manipulation of formal legal systems in the region known as the American Confluence during the antebellum era.
An analysis of slave and slaveholder understanding and manipulation of formal legal systems in the region known as the American Confluence during the antebellum era.
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