The Slavery of the British West India Colonies Delineated 2 Volume Set: As It Exists Both in Law and Practice, and Compared with the Slavery of Other

by James Stephen

Book Overview

The lawyer and leading abolitionist James Stephen (1758-1832) published this two-volume work between 1824 and 1830, exposing the cruel and oppressive legal system of slavery in the British West Indies. Volume 1 explores the origin of nineteenth-century colonial slave laws, the legal status and the situation between slaves and their masters, and the policing and governance of slave populations. Volume 2 investigates the living conditions and the brutal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108020844
• ISBN13: 9781108020848
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 1062 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"