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  • 3 - By Force It Was Destroyed

  • Giuliana Perrone, University of California, Santa Barbara
  • Book:
    Nothing More than Freedom
    Published online:
    04 May 2023
    Print publication:
    11 May 2023, pp 73-111

  • Summary

    In a series of case studies, this chapter surveys the methods by which judges determined when and how emancipation occurred. By examining opinions at this granular level, it demonstrates that in law as in practice, emancipation happened many times over; reveals the variety of ways that judges believed slave property became free people; and explores the judicial struggle to arrive at such determinations. It ultimately explores judicial interpretations of where the sovereign power to liberate bondspeople resided.