Stroud's Slave Laws had extensive influence upon national legal thinking on the issue of slavery. In a blanket survey of slave codes of the period, he analyzed the statutes of twelve slaveholding states. Stroud's book exposed to the world, through its publications in 1827 and 1856, the diabolical nature of legal enactments throughout the South that debased both African people and those who held them in bondage.

Originally published in 1856, this legal treatise provides an overview of the laws governing slavery in the United States in the years leading up to the Civil War. Stroud carefully examines court cases and legislative actions to demonstrate the complexity of this contentious issue. This book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of slavery and its impact on American society. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Excerpt from Sketch of the Laws Relating to Slavery: In the Several States of the United States of America Be It Remembered, that on the tenth day of October, in the fifty-second year of the Independence of the United States of America, A. D. 1827. George M. Stroud, Esq. of the said district hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit: A Sketch of the Laws relating to Slavery in the several States of the United States of America. By George M. Stroud. In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States entitled, "An act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and brooks, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned." - And also to the act, entitled, "An act supplementary to an act, entitled, "An act fro the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.