Author: TexasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
Laws of the Republic of Texas
Author: TexasThe History of Texas
Author: David B. EdwardPublisher: Texas State Historical Assn
ISBN: 9780876110980
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
David B. Edward moved to Texas in 1830 and recorded detailed observations and descriptions of Texas in one of the classic early histories of the state.
The Illinois Constitution
Author: George D. BradenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
General Laws of the State of Texas
Author: TexasNatural Resources Code
Author: TexasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
The Laws of Slavery in Texas
Author: Randolph B. CampbellPublisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292721889
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
The laws that governed the institution of slavery in early Texas were enacted over a fifty-year period in which Texas moved through incarnations as a Spanish colony, a Mexican state, an independent republic, a part of the United States, and a Confederate state. This unusual legal heritage sets Texas apart from the other slave-holding states and provides a unique opportunity to examine how slave laws were enacted and upheld as political and legal structures changed. The Laws of Slavery in Texas makes that examination possible by combining seminal historical essays with excerpts from key legal documents from the slave period and tying them together with interpretive commentary by the foremost scholar on the subject, Randolph B. Campbell. Campbell's commentary focuses on an aspect of slave law that was particularly evident in the evolving legal system of early Texas: the dilemma that arose when human beings were treated as property. As Campbell points out, defining slaves as moveable property, or chattel, presented a serious difficulty to those who wrote and interpreted the law because, unlike any other form of property, slaves were sentient beings. They were held responsible for their crimes, and in numerous other ways statute and case law dealing with slavery recognized the humanness of the enslaved. Attempts to protect the property rights of slave owners led to increasingly restrictive laws—including laws concerning free blacks—that were difficult to uphold. The documents in this collection reveal both the roots of the dilemma and its inevitable outcome.
A Digest of the Laws of Texas
Author: George Washington PaschalPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1150
Book Description
The Handbook of Texas
Author: Walter Prescott WebbPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Texas
Languages : en
Pages : 1176
Book Description
Vol. 3: A supplement, edited by Eldon Stephen Branda. Includes bibliographical references.
Laws of the Republic of Texas
Author: TexasGovernment Code
Author: TexasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Local government
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description