Slavery, Freedom, and the Law in the Atlantic World: A Brief History with Documents (The Bedford Series in History and Culture)

In this collection of documents from the French, British, Spanish, and Portuguese empires, Slavery, Freedom, and the Law in the Atlantic World introduces the voices of slaves, slave-holders, jurists, legislators, and others, struggling to critique, overturn, justify, or simply describe the social order in which they found themselves during this era.