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Law

Part of
Classics on American Slavery / Dinsmore Documentation. Digitizers of Documents
Related Name
Wagner, Ralph D.
Release
Westfield, Mass., last update May 2003
Extent
43 pages (ca. 1.1 MiB)
Last Visit
Mar 5, 2004.
Technical Notes
Full text of material rendered in HTML format.
Notes
Originally published New York: American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, 1853. (432 p.)
Language
English
Description
An exposition of the American law of slavery designed to reveal the illegitimacy of the institution. — Electronic edition of documents made available to the public as an illustration of the company's services.

Related Name
Spielberg, Stephen (dir.)
Part of
H-Law/H-Net Reviews / H-Net. Humanities Online
Release
East Lansing, Mich., Dec 1997 (Matrix/Michigan State University)
Extent
1 page/frame (ca. 73 KiB)
Last Visit
Nov 3, 2003.
Language
English

Part of
Base de datos políticos de las Américas / Georgetown University, and Organization of American States
Release
Washington, D. C., 1998 (Georgetown University)
Extent
1 page (ca. 10 KiB)
Last Visit
Jun 6, 2003.
Language
English | Spanish
Description
Articles from the constitutions of 10 American states in the original languages.

Related Name
Garrigus, John (transl.)
Part of
French Colonial Texts / Peabody, Sue
Release
Vancouver, Wash., n. d. [start page stamped Dec 2001] (Washington State University : History Department)
Extent
1 page (ca. 15 KiB)
Last Visit
Apr 25, 2004.
Notes
Excerpts from the edition Le Code noir ou recueil des règlements rendus jusqu'à présent (Paris: Prault, 1767; repr. Fort-de-France: Societé d'Histoire de la Guadeloupe, 1980); selected translated by Prof. John Garrigus, Jacksonville University. See also Professor Peabody's note on the translation.
Language
English

Part of
Madison House Publishers
Release
Madison, Wis., © 1998
Extent
1 page (ca. 16 KiB)
Last Visit
Sep 24, 2006.
Technical Notes
Resource no longer available at its original location (http://www.globaldialog.com/~mhbooks/books/slavery_law_intro.html). Publisher's home page withdrawn as Madison House has become part of Rowman and Littlefield. Record points to most recent versions of the article and home page stored by the Internet Archive.
Notes
Includes notes. – Originally published in Paul Finkelman, ed., Slavery and the Law (Madison, Wis.: Madison House Publishers, 1997). An earlier version of this article initially appeared in Chicago-Kent Law Review 68 (1993): 1009-1033.
Language
English
Description
See also the review of the volume by Timothy S. Huebner in: Law and History Review 18, no. 3 (fall 2000).

Part of
FoDok – Forschungsdatenbank der Universität Salzburg / Universität Salzburg. Abteilung für Forschungsförderung
Release
Salzburg, © 2000-2007 (Universität Salzburg)
Extent
1 page (ca. 20 KiB)
Last Visit
Jan 20, 2008.
Language
German
Description
Brief project description with contact information.

Part of
The Avalon Project / Yale University : Law School
Related Name
Fray, William C.
Release
New Haven, Conn., © 1996-2003
Extent
n/a
Last Visit
Apr 4, 2004.
Language
English
Description
Collection of some 30 primary sources illustrating the history of slavery in the United States. Apart from statutes, treaties, and political documents, the site also includes several (auto-) biographical texts.

Part of
Race, Racism and the Law. Speaking Truth to Power!! / Randall, Vernellia R. (web ed.)
Release
Dayton, Ohio, last update Feb 2004 (University of Dayton)
Extent
1 page (ca. 81 KiB)
Last Visit
Mar 29, 2004.
Language
English
Description
Bibliography of more than 50 titles organized in several sections, the largest of which is dedicated to the reparations issue. – Part of a web site examining the relations between law and racism. The maintainer of professor of law at the University of Dayton.

Related Names
Davis, David Brion / Mintz, Steven
Part of
Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition (GLCSSRA)
Related Inst.
Yale University
Yale Center for International and Area Studies
Release
New Haven, Conn., Mar 2003 (Yale University)
Extent
14 pages (ca. 145 KiB)
Last Visit
Jun 3, 2003.
Language
English
Description
Detailed lesson plan suitable for high school students. Includes 9 source documents, 2 brief notes introducing the incident, and a timeline of abolitionism.

Related Name
Gómez-Martínez, José Luis (ed.)
Part of
Proyecto ensayo hispánico / Gómez-Martínez, José Luis
Related Inst.
University of Georgia : Dept. of Romance Languages
Release
Athens, Ga., © Jun 2002 (University of Georgia)
Extent
1 page (ca. 15 KiB) : 1 illustr.
Last Visit
Jul 2, 2003.
Notes
Originally published: Madrid: Imprenta de la Viuda de Ibarra, 1789. Digital ed. based on: David Marley, ed., Reales asientos y licencias para la introducción de esclavos negros á la América Española (1676-1789), repr. ed. (México: Editorial Abeja, 1985).
Language
Spanish
Description
Part of a site dedicated to the teaching of the Spanish-language essay. The creator is professor of romance languages at the University of Georgia.

Part of
Early America Review 1, No. 3 (Winter 1996-1997) / Archiving Early America
Release
Anna Maria, Fla., winter 1996-1997 (DEV Communications)
Extent
1 page (ca. KiB)
Last Visit
Jan 20, 2008.
Notes
Includes notes and reference list. – The Early America Review (published quarterly), ISSN 1090-4247.
Language
English

Related Inst.
Law Library of Congress
Part of
American Memory – American Women / Library of Congress
Release
Washington, D. C., n. d. [first published 2001][start page stamped Feb 2004]
Extent
2 pages (ca. 88 KiB) : 1 illustr.
Last Visit
Mar 9, 2004.
Notes
Part of an introduction to Law Library resources originally authored by Pamela Barnes Craig and published as a chapter in :American Women: A Library of Congress Guide for the Study of Women's History and Culture in the United States (Washington, D. C.: Library of Congress, 2001). – Includes 12 notes and reference list.
Language
English

Related Name
Finkelman, Paul
Part of
Law and History Review 18, No. 3 / History Cooperative
Related Inst.
American Historical Association
Organization of American Historians
University of Illinois Press
National Academy Press
Release
Urbana, Ill., fall 2000
Extent
1 page (ca. 30 KiB)
Last Visit
May 13, 2004.
Notes
Review of Paul Finkelman, ed., Slavery and the Law (Madison, Wis.: Madison House Publishers, 1997). – Finkelman's introduction to the volume is available online.
Language
English

Part of
B@tavia, a Virtual Factorij of the Dutch East India Company (VOC)
Related Name
Deconinck, Stefan
Release
Ghent, Oct 2001 (University of Ghent)
Extent
25 pages : 3 PDF files
Last Visit
Sep 24, 2006.
Technical Notes
Originally at: http://batavia.rug.ac.be/slavery/. – Moved to: http://batavia.ugent.be/slavery/. – Withdrawn. – Record points to list of files stored by the Internet Archive.
Language
English
Includes
  • Demographic data
  • Digest of the slave code of 1754
  • Timeline
  • References for school projects
  • Bibliography of print publications
  • Scholars specialising in Slave History @ the CAPE
Description
Part of a site created on occasion of the 400th anniversary of the Dutch East India Company.

Part of
EH.Net Encyclopedia / EH.Net
Related Name
Whaples, Robert (ed.)
Release
Oxford, Oh., and Winston-Salem, N. C., Aug 2001 (Miami University, Wake Forest University)
Extent
1 page (ca. 233 KiB) : 2 illustr.
Last Visit
Sep 24, 2006.
Technical Notes
Note slight change of URL (*.php extension dropped).
Notes
Includes 4 tables and reference list.
Language
English

Related Inst.
Library of Congress : Law Library of Congress / Library of Congress : Rare Book and Special Collections Division / Library of Congress : General Collections
Part of
American Memory / Library of Congress
Release
Washington, D. C., Apr 2002
Extent
n/a
Last Visit
Aug 19, 2003.
Technical Notes
Full text (SGML) and scanned page images (GIF and TIFF formats) of primary sources available. — Only partially covered by the Slave-Studies.net search engine (introductory material and indexes searchable).
Notes
Includes search of bibliogr. records and full text, author, title, and subject indexes.
Language
English
Includes
Description
The site publishes the full text of some 100 books and pamphlets documenting the experience of slaves in the American court system. The collection is cross-linked to related online resources. – See also the review by Michelle Thick at the Public History Resource Center.

Part of
Reviews of Public History Web Sites, V. 8 / Public History Resource Center
Related Names
DeRuyver, Debra (managing ed.) / Evans, Jennifer (managing ed.)
Release
Greenbelt, Md., Aug 2003
Extent
1 page/frame (ca. 45 KiB)
Last Visit
Nov 3, 2003.
Language
English

Release
Greensboro, N. C., taught fall 2003 (University of North Carolina at Greensboro : Department of History)
Extent
1 PDF doc. (ca. 15.5 KiB = 6 print pages) + 1 page (ca. 25 KiB)
Last Visit
Apr 25, 2004.
Notes
Includes lists of secondary literature, primary sources, and relevant websites. – Accompanied by a webpage prepared for the course by a university librarian.
Language
English
Description
Syllabus for an upper undergraduate/graduate research seminar.

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