American Law of Slavery, 1810-1860
In an examination of Southern slave law between 1810 and 1860, Mark Tushnet reveals a structured dichotomy between slave labor systems and bourgeois systems of production. Whereas the former rest on the total dominion of the master over the slave and necessitate a concern for the slave''s humanity, the latter rest of the purchase by the capitalist of a worker''s labor power only and are concerned ...
In an examination of Southern slave law between 1810 and 1860, Mark Tushnet reveals a structured dichotomy between slave labor systems and bourgeois systems of production. Whereas the former rest on the total dominion of the master over the slave and necessitate a concern for the slave''s humanity, the latter rest of the purchase by the capitalist of a worker''s labor power only and are concerned ...
