{"product_id":"slave-laws-in-virginia-philip-j-schwarz-9780820335162","title":"Slave Laws in Virginia","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe five essays in \u003ci\u003eSlave Laws in Virginia\u003c\/i\u003e explore two centuries of the ever-changing relationship between a major slave society and the laws that guided it. The topics covered are diverse, including the African judicial background of African American slaves, Thomas Jefferson's relationship with the laws of slavery, the capital punishment of slaves, nineteenth-century penal transportation of slaves from Virginia as related to the interstate slave trade and the changing market for slaves, and Virginia's experience with its own fugitive slave laws. Through the history of one large extended family of ex-slaves, Philip J. Schwarz's conclusion examines how the law shaped the interaction between former slaves and masters after emancipation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInstead of relying on a static view of these two centuries, the author focuses on the diverse and changing ways that lawmakers and law enforcers responded to slaves' behavior and to whites' perceptions of and assumptions about that behavior.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Phillip J. Schwarz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820335169\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820335162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.61d","brand":"Phillip J. Schwarz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947341054207,"sku":"9780820335162","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_be93ae61-a9ed-4546-8722-93e4991c5428.jpg?v=1681518147","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/slave-laws-in-virginia-philip-j-schwarz-9780820335162","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}