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The American Law of Slavery, 1810-1860

Paperback • 2019 • 1. edition

The American Law of Slavery, 1810-1860

By Mark Tushnet

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In an examination of Southern slave law between 1810 and 1860, Mark Tushnet reveals a structured dichotomy between slave labor systems and bourgeois systems of production. Whereas the former rest on the total dominion of the master over the slave and necessitate a concern for the slave's humanity, the latter rest of the purchase by the capitalist of a worker's labor power only and are concerned primarily with economic interest. Focusing on a wide range of issues that include contract and acciden...Show more

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9780691655604

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Princeton University Press

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2019

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The American Law of Slavery, 1810-1860

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