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Page 32
... applied to whites and then to negroes and Indians . It began to receive legal definition as soon as colonial law ... applying equally to servants and slaves show that the similarity and very essential connection of the two institutions ...
... applied to whites and then to negroes and Indians . It began to receive legal definition as soon as colonial law ... applying equally to servants and slaves show that the similarity and very essential connection of the two institutions ...
Page 44
... applied only to Indians between 1676 and 1691 . Notwithstanding its effect it is clear that the purpose of the act ... applying only to a class of imported cross- breeds , but by 1691 its extension to a native element seems to have been ...
... applied only to Indians between 1676 and 1691 . Notwithstanding its effect it is clear that the purpose of the act ... applying only to a class of imported cross- breeds , but by 1691 its extension to a native element seems to have been ...
Page 56
... applied the color line as a limit upon various social and political rights , and finally narrowed its application definitely to the negro race with respect to liberty and customary or legal privileges and rights . The historic defini ...
... applied the color line as a limit upon various social and political rights , and finally narrowed its application definitely to the negro race with respect to liberty and customary or legal privileges and rights . The historic defini ...
Contents
Slave Population and the Domestic Slave Trade | 15 |
CHAPTER II | 27 |
MANUMISSION EMANCIPATION AND THE FREE | 111 |
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