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Tyrannicide - Forging an American Law of Slavery in Revolutionary South Carolina and Massachusetts (Hardcover)
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Tyrannicide - Forging an American Law of Slavery in Revolutionary South Carolina and Massachusetts (Hardcover)
Series: Studies in the Legal History of the South
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"Tyrannicide" uses a captivating narrative to unpack the
experiences of slavery and slave law in South Carolina and
Massachusetts during the Revolutionary Era. In 1779, during the
midst of the American Revolution, thirty- four South Carolina
slaves escaped aboard a British privateer and survived several
naval battles until the Massachusetts brig "Tyrannicide" led them
to Massachusetts. Over the next four years, the slaves became the
center of a legal dispute between the two states. The case affected
slave law and highlighted theprofound differences between how the
"terrible institution" was practiced in the North and the South, in
ways that would foreground issues eventually leading to the Civil
War.
Emily Blanck uses the "Tyrannicide" affair and the slaves involved
as a lens through which to view contrasting slaveholding cultures
and ideas of African American democracy. Blanck's examination of
the debate analyzes crucial questions: How could the colonies unify
when they viewed one of America's foundational institutions in
fundamentally different ways? How would fugitive slaves be handled
legally and ethically? Blanck shows how the legal and political
battles that resulted from the affair reveal much about
revolutionary ideals and states' rights at a time when notions of
the New Republic--and philosophies about the unity of American
states--were being created.
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