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Slavery, freedom, and the law in the Atlantic world : a brief history with documents /

Title:
Slavery, freedom, and the law in the Atlantic world : a brief history with documents /
Author:
Peabody, Sue.
Published:
Boston : 2007.
Format:
Book
Institution:
Emerson College, Emmanuel College
Contents:
PART ONE -- Introduction: Slavery, Freedom, and the Law -- Slavery and Freedom in the French Atlantic and the Haitian Revolution -- Slavery and Freedom in the British Atlantic and the United States -- Slavery and Freedom in the Spanish Atlantic -- Slavery and Freedom in the Portuguese Atlantic and Brazil -- The Meaning of Freedom -- PART TWO -- The Documents -- 1. The French Atlantic and the Haitian Revolution -- 1. French Crown, The Code Noir, 1685 -- 2. A Tavern Keeper Sues for Her Freedom in Martinique (Binture v. La Pallu), 1705-1714 -- Governor Machault, Letter to the Secretary of State for the Marine, August 30, 1704 -- Acting Intendant Mithon, Judgement on Babet Binture's Petition for Freedom, April 8, 1705 -- Intendant Vaucresson, Pronouncement, August 25, 1708 -- Govenor Phé́lypeaux, Letter to the Secretary of State for the Marine, April 6, 1713 -- Intendant Vaucresson, Letter to the Secretary of State for the Marine, September 10, 1714 -- 3. French Royal Decree on Manumitting Slaves, October 24, 1713 -- 4. Saint-Domingue Council Manumits a Slave over the Objections of His Owner, August 6, 1708 -- 5. France's Freedom Principle and Race, 1759 -- 6. Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, The Code Noir in the French Empire, 1768 -- 7. A Woman of African and European Ancestry Seeks Her Freedom in Saint-Domingue, 1771-1775 -- 8. The Haitian Revolution, 1791-1806 -- French Commissioner Sonthonax, Emancipation Decree, 1793 -- French National Convention Abolishes Slavery Paris, 1794 -- Constitution of the Republic of Haiti, December 27, 1806 -- 2. England, the British Colonies, and the United Statese -- 9. John Guthrie, Francis Sadler, and Captain Cudjoe, Leeward Treaty, Jamaica, March 1, 1739 -- 10. The Somerset Case: England's Freedom Principle, 1772 -- Francis Hargrave, Arguments for Somerset's Freedom, 1772 -- James Wallace and John Dunning, On Behalf of the Slaverholder, 1772 -- Chief Justice William Murray, Earl of Mansfield, Decision, June 22, 1772 -- 11. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery, 1780 -- 12. Constitution of the United States of America, 1787 -- 13. U.S. Congress, An Act to Prohibit the Importation of Slaves, 1807-1808 -- 14. The Anti-Slavery Record, The Humanity of the Africo-Americans, 1836 -- 15. A Free Man of Color Sues for the Right to Vote in Pennsylvania, 1837 -- Judge Scott, Instructions to the Jury -- Judge C.J. Gibson, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Opinion in Hobbs et al. v. Fogg, 1837 -- 16. Kidnapping, 1838 -- 17. A Master Tries to Free His Slaves in Georgia, ca. 1850-1855 -- Thomas J. Waters, Testament, ca. 1850 -- Judge Joseph H. Lumpkin, Opinion, October 1854 -- Judge Joseph H. Lumpkin, Opinion, September 1855 -- 18. Summary Trial and Executioin of a Carolina Slave, 1854 -- 19. Amendments 13-15 to the Constitution of the United States of America, 1865-1870 -- 20. Frederick Dielman, Celebrating Abolition, Washington, D.C., 1866 -- 21. State of Mississippi, Enticement Law, November 25, 1865 -- 3. Spain and Its American Colonies -- 22. Spanish Crown, Las Siete Partidas, 1265 -- 23. Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala, African Slaves and Incas in Seventeenth-Century Peru, ca. 1615 -- 24. Spanish Slave Codes in the Americas, 1784-1789 -- Colonial Government of Santo Domingo, The Carolina Black Code, December 14, 1784 -- Spanish Crown, Royal Instructions for the Education, Treatment, and Work of the Slaves, Aranjuez, May 31, 1789 -- 25. Proclamation of the People against the Purchase of Freedom for Slaves, Ecuador, 1792 -- 26. Freedom from Abuse, Ecuador, 1794 -- Manumission of María Chiquinquirá Díaz in Ecuador, 1794 -- 27. National Independence and Aboliton, Ecuador, 1822 -- Francisco Rosi and Others, Petition for the Establishment of a Voluntary System of Mutual Aid among the Slaves for Their Freedom, Guayaquil, August 23, 1822 -- José Leocadio Llona, Provisional Regulations for the Fortunate Issue of the Freeing of the Slaves, Guayaquil, September 19, 1822 -- José Leocadio Llona and Dr. Joaquín Salazar, Responses -- 28. Slavery after Independence, Peru, 1821 -- General José de San Martin, Decree Declaring Freedom for Children Born of Slaves after July 28, 1821 -- "Just Evaluation" Case of Joana Monica, Lima, Peru, 1826 -- 29. Don Gerónimo Valdés, Regulations concerning Slaves Destined for Cuba, November 14, 1842 -- 30. Tomasa Jiménez et al., Spanish Slaves' Petition for Freedom, Madrid, March 29, 1836 -- 31. A Bread Seller and Seller of Fodder, Havana, Cuba, ca. 1851 -- 32. Royal Order, Madrid, August 2, 1861 -- 33. Spanish Crown, Law for the Suppression of Slavery and Patronage [in Cuba], Madrid, February 13, 1880 -- 4. Portugal and Brazil -- 34. Portuguese Crown, Ordinances and Laws of the Kingdom of Portugal Compiled by Mandate of the Very High Catholic and Powerful King Philip, 1603 -- 35. Portuguese Crown, Law of December 24, 1734 -- 36. The Coartação of Rosa Gonçalves da Fonseca, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1769-1770 -- Francisco Fonseca, Response by Widower of Former Owner Úrsula Gonçalves to Suit by Rosa Gonçalves da Fonseca, 1769 -- Francisco Ferreira dos Santos, Judge's Opinion Submitted to the Governor, 1770 -- 37. Portuguese Crown, Law of Liberty, June 6, 1755 -- 38. The Freedom Suit of the Slave Liberata, Desterro, Santa Caterina,1813 -- Francisco José, Petition to the Municipal Judge of Desterro, July 1813 -- 39. Jacques Arago, Iron Mask and Collar for Punishing Slaves, Brazil, ca. 1817-1820 -- 40. Political Constitution of the Empire of Brazil, 1824 -- 41. Legislative Measures against the Slave Trade, Brazil, 1831-1850 -- Law of November 7, 1831 -- Law No. 581, September 4, 1850 -- 42. Battle in the Courts -- Various Slaves, Freedom Lawsuit, Barra Mansa (Paraíba River Valley), Rio de Janeiro, 1866 -- Slaves Lino and Lourenço, Freedom Lawsuit, Rio Pardo, Rio Grande do Sul, 1866-1875 -- 43. O Mosquito, Propaganda against Brazil's Free Womb Law, August 19, 1871 -- 44. Brazillian Crown, The Free Womb Law (Law 2040), September 28, 1871 -- 45. Just Evaluation of a Slave: The Case of Eubrásia, Campinas, São Paulo, 1881-1883 -- 46. Brazilian Crown, The Áurea Law: Abolition of Slavery, May 13, 1888 -- 5. Epilogue: The Case of Andrea Quesada, Cienfuegos, Cuba, 1906-1907 -- Rebecca Scott and Daniel Nemser, With The Assistance of Orlando García Martínez -- Appendixes -- A Chronology of the History of Slavery, Antislavery, and Emancipation (1265-1888) -- Questions for Consideration -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.
Online access:
No online access
Library holdings:
Emerson Main Stacks
HT1048 .P43 2007 – Available
Emmanuel Main Stacks
KDZ546 .P43 2007 – Available