Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom - Couverture souple

Craft, William; Craft, Ellen

 
9788119007929: Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom
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ISBN 10 : 8119007921 ISBN 13 : 9788119007929
Editeur : Sanage Publishing House LLP, 2023

Synopsis

...we were only slaves, and had no legal rights; consequently we were compelled to smother our wounded feelings, and crouch beneath the iron heel of despotism. I must now give the account of our escape; but, before doing so, it may be well to quote a few passages from the fundamental laws of slavery; in order to give some idea of the legal as well as the social tyranny from which we fled. According to the law of Louisiana, "A slave is one who is in the power of a master to whom he belongs. The master may sell him, dispose of his person, his industry, and his labour; he can do nothing, possess nothing, nor acquire anything but what must belong to his master."--Civil Code, art. 35....

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Éditeur
Sanage Publishing House LLP
Date d'édition
2023
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
8119007921
ISBN 13 
9788119007929
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
94
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0820321044 ISBN 13 :  9780820321042
Editeur : University of Georgia Press, 1999
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