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Slavery and the Law features petitions submitted to state legislatures and county courthouses between 1775 and 1867. The petitions document the realities of slavery at the most immediate local level. Slavery and the Law also includes the important State Slavery Statutes collection, a comprehensive record of the laws governing American slavery from 1789-1865.

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