In the Matter of Color: Race and the American Legal Process: The Colonial Period
A detailed study of colonial court records showing how early American law institutionalized racial inequality and shaped the legal status of Black people.
About This Book
This book explores the intersection of race and legal institutions in colonial America.
It analyzes court decisions and statutes that defined the status of Black people under early American law.
The work draws on primary legal sources to document the development of racial hierarchies through judicial processes.
Readers gain insight into the historical roots of systemic racial disparities embedded in the American legal system.
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