Slavery, Freedom, and the Law in the Atlantic World + England's Glorious Revolution 1688-1689
- ISBN-10
- 1457615371
- ISBN-13
- 9781457615375
- Category
- History
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-06-20
- Publisher
- Bedford/st Martins
- Authors
- Steven C. A. Pincus, Sue Peabody, Keila Grinberg
Description
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.
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