Liberty, slavery and the law in early modern Western Europe : omnes homines aut liberi sunt aut servi

Liberty, slavery and the law in early modern Western Europe : omnes homines aut liberi sunt aut servi / Filip Batselé.

This book investigates the legal evolution of the "free soil principle" in England, France and the Low Countries during the Early Modern period (ca. 1500-1800), which essentially stated that, as soon as slaves entered a certain country, they would immediately gain their freedom. This book...

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Main Author: Batselé, Filip (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2020]
Series:Studies in the history of law and justice ; v. 17.
Subjects:
Slavery > Law and legislation > Europe, Western > History.
Slavery > Law and legislation > England > History.
Slavery > Law and legislation > France > History.
Slavery > Law and legislation > Benelux countries > History.
Liberty.
freedom.
Liberty
Slavery > Law and legislation
England.
France.
Dutch Republic.
Slavery.
Colonial history.
Western Europe.
Benelux countries
England
France
Western Europe
Electronic books.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The Legal and Institutional Framework of Slavery
  • The Development of a Legal Free Soil Principle , Ca. 1500-1650
  • Free Soil under Pressure
  • The Metropolitan Legal Order and the Atlantic Slave Trade, Ca. 1650-1800
  • Comparative Free Soil
  • Similarities and Differences
  • General Conclusion
  • The Soil of Europe: Free or Unfree?

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