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Slavery, freedom, and the law in the Atlantic world : a brief history with documents
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In the Spanish, Portuguese, French, and English empires in the Americas, individuals and groups turned to courts of law to define and implement various types of status for indigenous Americans, for...
In the Spanish, Portuguese, French, and English empires in the Americas, individuals and groups turned to courts of law to define and implement various types of status for indigenous Americans, forcibly imported Africans, and colonizing Europeans--and their progeny. Peabody and Grinberg introduce the voices of slaves, slave-holders, jurists, legislators, and others, as they struggle to critique, overturn, justify, or simply describe the social order in which they are embedded. Publisher's note.
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- Sue Peabody and Keila Grinberg
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- English
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- Boston : Bedford/St. Martins, ©2007
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- xix, 201 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
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- 9780312411763, 0312411766, 040397151X
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- ocn153547150
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- PART ONE -- Introduction: Slavery, Freedom, and the Law -- Slavery and Freedom in the French Atlantic and the Haitian Revolution -- Slavery and Freedom in the British Atlantic and the United States -- Slavery and Freedom in the Spanish Atlantic -- Slavery and Freedom in the Portuguese Atlantic and Brazil -- The Meaning of Freedom -- PART TWO -- The Documents -- 1. The French Atlantic and the Haitian Revolution -- 1. French Crown, The Code Noir, 1685 -- 2. A Tavern Keeper Sues for Her Freedom in Martinique (Binture v. La Pallu), 1705-1714 -- Governor Machault, Letter to the Secretary of State for the Marine, August 30, 1704 -- Acting Intendant Mithon, Judgement on Babet Binture's Petition for Freedom, April 8, 1705 -- Intendant Vaucresson, Pronouncement, August 25, 1708 -- Govenor Phé́lypeaux, Letter to the Secretary of State for the Marine, April 6, 1713 -- Intendant Vaucresson, Letter to the Secretary of State for the Marine, September 10, 1714 -- 3. French Royal Decree on Manumitting Slaves, October 24, 1713 -- 4. Saint-Domingue Council Manumits a Slave over the Objections of His Owner, August 6, 1708 -- 5. France's Freedom Principle and Race, 1759 -- 6. Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, The Code Noir in the French Empire, 1768 -- 7. A Woman of African and European Ancestry Seeks Her Freedom in Saint-Domingue, 1771-1775 -- 8. The Haitian Revolution, 1791-1806 -- French Commissioner Sonthonax, Emancipation Decree, 1793 -- French National Convention Abolishes Slavery Paris, 1794 -- Constitution of the Republic of Haiti, December 27, 1806 -- 2. England, the British Colonies, and the United Statese -- 9. John Guthrie, Francis Sadler, and Captain Cudjoe, Leeward Treaty, Jamaica, March 1, 1739 -- 10. The Somerset Case: England's Freedom Principle, 1772 -- Francis Hargrave, Arguments for Somerset's Freedom, 1772 -- James Wallace and John Dunning, On Behalf of the Slaverholder, 1772 -- Chief Justice William Murray, Earl of Mansfield, Decision, June 22, 1772 -- 11. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery, 1780 -- 12. Constitution of the United States of America, 1787 -- 13. U.S. Congress, An Act to Prohibit the Importation of Slaves, 1807-1808 -- 14. The Anti-Slavery Record, The Humanity of the Africo-Americans, 1836 -- 15. A Free Man of Color Sues for the Right to Vote in Pennsylvania, 1837 -- Judge Scott, Instructions to the Jury -- Judge C.J. Gibson, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Opinion in Hobbs et al. v. Fogg, 1837 -- 16. Kidnapping, 1838 -- 17. A Master Tries to Free His Slaves in Georgia, ca. 1850-1855 -- Thomas J. Waters, Testament, ca. 1850 -- Judge Joseph H. Lumpkin, Opinion, October 1854 -- Judge Joseph H. Lumpkin, Opinion, September 1855 -- 18. Summary Trial and Executioin of a Carolina Slave, 1854 -- 19. Amendments 13-15 to the Constitution of the United States of America, 1865-1870 -- 20. Frederick Dielman, Celebrating Abolition, Washington, D.C., 1866 -- 21. State of Mississippi, Enticement Law, November 25, 1865 -- 3. Spain and Its American Colonies -- 22. Spanish Crown, Las Siete Partidas, 1265 -- 23. Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala, African Slaves and Incas in Seventeenth-Century Peru, ca. 1615 -- 24. Spanish Slave Codes in the Americas, 1784-1789 -- Colonial Government of Santo Domingo, The Carolina Black Code, December 14, 1784 -- Spanish Crown, Royal Instructions for the Education, Treatment, and Work of the Slaves, Aranjuez, May 31, 1789 -- 25. Proclamation of the People against the Purchase of Freedom for Slaves, Ecuador, 1792 -- 26. Freedom from Abuse, Ecuador, 1794 -- Manumission of María Chiquinquirá Díaz in Ecuador, 1794 -- 27. National Independence and Aboliton, Ecuador, 1822 -- Francisco Rosi and Others, Petition for the Establishment of a Voluntary System of Mutual Aid among the Slaves for Their Freedom, Guayaquil, August 23, 1822 -- José Leocadio Llona, Provisional Regulations for the Fortunate Issue of the Freeing of the Slaves, Guayaquil, September 19, 1822 -- José Leocadio Llona and Dr. Joaquín Salazar, Responses -- 28. Slavery after Independence, Peru, 1821 -- General José de San Martin, Decree Declaring Freedom for Children Born of Slaves after July 28, 1821 -- "Just Evaluation" Case of Joana Monica, Lima, Peru, 1826 -- 29. Don Gerónimo Valdés, Regulations concerning Slaves Destined for Cuba, November 14, 1842 -- 30. Tomasa Jiménez et al., Spanish Slaves' Petition for Freedom, Madrid, March 29, 1836 -- 31. A Bread Seller and Seller of Fodder, Havana, Cuba, ca. 1851 -- 32. Royal Order, Madrid, August 2, 1861 -- 33. Spanish Crown, Law for the Suppression of Slavery and Patronage [in Cuba], Madrid, February 13, 1880 -- 4. Portugal and Brazil -- 34. Portuguese Crown, Ordinances and Laws of the Kingdom of Portugal Compiled by Mandate of the Very High Catholic and Powerful King Philip, 1603 -- 35. Portuguese Crown, Law of December 24, 1734 -- 36. The Coartação of Rosa Gonçalves da Fonseca, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1769-1770 -- Francisco Fonseca, Response by Widower of Former Owner Úrsula Gonçalves to Suit by Rosa Gonçalves da Fonseca, 1769 -- Francisco Ferreira dos Santos, Judge's Opinion Submitted to the Governor, 1770 -- 37. Portuguese Crown, Law of Liberty, June 6, 1755 -- 38. The Freedom Suit of the Slave Liberata, Desterro, Santa Caterina,1813 -- Francisco José, Petition to the Municipal Judge of Desterro, July 1813 -- 39. Jacques Arago, Iron Mask and Collar for Punishing Slaves, Brazil, ca. 1817-1820 -- 40. Political Constitution of the Empire of Brazil, 1824 -- 41. Legislative Measures against the Slave Trade, Brazil, 1831-1850 -- Law of November 7, 1831 -- Law No. 581, September 4, 1850 -- 42. Battle in the Courts -- Various Slaves, Freedom Lawsuit, Barra Mansa (Paraíba River Valley), Rio de Janeiro, 1866 -- Slaves Lino and Lourenço, Freedom Lawsuit, Rio Pardo, Rio Grande do Sul, 1866-1875 -- 43. O Mosquito, Propaganda against Brazil's Free Womb Law, August 19, 1871 -- 44. Brazillian Crown, The Free Womb Law (Law 2040), September 28, 1871 -- 45. Just Evaluation of a Slave: The Case of Eubrásia, Campinas, São Paulo, 1881-1883 -- 46. Brazilian Crown, The Áurea Law: Abolition of Slavery, May 13, 1888 -- 5. Epilogue: The Case of Andrea Quesada, Cienfuegos, Cuba, 1906-1907 -- Rebecca Scott and Daniel Nemser, With The Assistance of Orlando García Martínez -- Appendixes -- A Chronology of the History of Slavery, Antislavery, and Emancipation (1265-1888) -- Questions for Consideration -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
Subjects
- Slavery -- Law and legislation -- America -- History.
- Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- America -- History.
- Enslaved persons -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- America -- History.
- Slavery -- Law and legislation -- America -- History -- Sources.
- Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- America -- History -- Sources.
- Enslaved persons -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- America -- History -- Sources.