Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture, & Law

Legal materials on slavery in the United States and the English-speaking world. Includes every statute passed by every colony and state on slavery, every federal statute dealing with slavery, and all reported state and federal cases on slavery into the 20th century. Also contains  pamphlets and books written about slavery, English-language legal commentary on slavery published before 1920, searchable access to all Congressional debates from the Continental Congress to 1880, modern histories of slavery, and modern law review articles on the subject.