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A Survey Of American Negro Slavery As Seen In Its Legal Aspects, Mona M. Webb
A Survey Of American Negro Slavery As Seen In Its Legal Aspects, Mona M. Webb
Graduate Student Research Papers
This paper presents a limited study of the legal basis for slavery in pre-civil war United States laws.
Negro Contributions To The Political And Legal History Of The Southern Counties Of West Virginia, Charles Edward Easton
Negro Contributions To The Political And Legal History Of The Southern Counties Of West Virginia, Charles Edward Easton
Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
The introduction of African labor as a muscular force was an adventurous enterprise, proving on trial to be the most perfect catalytic agent of production then known to commerce. This labor force was the fulfillment of the great demand of the young colony which needed a controllable and dependable labor force to make it accessible for human habitation. This labor demand made it profitable for adventurous traders to invest money in the enterprise of importing indentured servants to the new colonies in America. Later a system was developed by which individuals could come to the new colony as either indentured …