Tyrannicide: Forging an American Law of Slavery in Revolutionary South Carolina and Massachusetts (Studies in the Legal History of the South Series) - Tapa blanda

Anyone interested in the Revolutionary period, slavery, or the development of slave law in the new nation, will find use for Blanck's succinct work.--Jeffrey Thomas Perry "Civil War Book Review " Blanck's ambitious work . . . reminds readers . . . that forging the U.S. government was, in large measure, about forging slave law. She reaches this conclusion with innovative sources and methodology.--Christine E. Sears "Journal of Southern History " Tyrannicide is a short and easy read, and its concise descriptions of the history (economic, political, and legal) of slavery in Massachusetts and South Carolina both in the colonial and revolutionary periods make it ideal for any class exploring slavery and abolition in the era of the American Revolution.--C. Messer "H-Net Reviews " Sixty years before the Amistad case forced a nation to confront the vast gulf between its pretensions to liberty and the harsh reality of human bondage, a now-forgotten affair strained the tenuous bonds that held the young republic together. When the brig Tyrannicide captured thirty-four Carolina slaves who had escaped to a British privateer, the ensuing case raised troubling issues of what freedom meant in the postcolonial world. Emily Blanck deftly combines high drama with exhaustive research in this rich and important study.--Douglas R. Egerton "author of Death or Liberty: African Americans and Revolutionary America? "