Stroud's Slave Laws
| Author | : George McDowell Stroud |
| Publisher | : Black Classic Press |
| Total Pages | : 324 |
| Release | : 2005-04 |
| ISBN-10 | : 1580730078 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9781580730075 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (075 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Stroud's Slave Laws by : George McDowell Stroud
Download or read book Stroud's Slave Laws written by George McDowell Stroud and published by Black Classic Press. This book was released on 2005-04 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stroud's Slave Laws had extensive influence upon national legal thinking on the issue of slavery. In a blanket survey of slave codes of the period, he analyzed the statutes of twelve slaveholding states. Stroud's book exposed to the world, through its publications in 1827 and 1856, the diabolical nature of legal enactments throughout the South that debased both African people and those who held them in bondage.
