Nothing More than Freedom: The Failure of Abolition in American Law

After examining more than 700 lawsuits decided by the supreme courts of former slave states, Giuliana Perrone asserts that slavery remained actionable in American law well after its ostensible demise. An important study for scholars of slavery and the US Civil War.

• | Author: Giuliana Perrone
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: May 11, 2023
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• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-13: 9781009219198
• | ISBN-10: 1009219197