The Slavery of the British West India Colonies Delineated : As it Exists Both in Law and Practice, and Compared with the Slavery of Other Countries, A (Paperback)

Preface; Preliminary chapter; Book I. Of the Slavery of our Colonies Considered as a Legal Institution: 1. Of the origin and authority of the colonial slave laws in general; 2. Of the persons who are subject to slavery in our colonies; 3. Of the legal nature and incidents of this condition, as they respect and constitute the relation between the slave and his master; 4. Of the legal nature and incidents of colonial slavery, as they respect its relations to persons of free condition in general, the master and his delegates excepted; 5. Of the legal nature and incidents of West India slavery, in its relations to the police and civil government of the country; 6. Of this state of slavery in respect of its commencement and dissolution; Appendices.