Cardozo Law Review
Abstract
In her thought-provoking paper Finding Sojourner's Truth: Race, Gender, and the Institution of Property, Cheryl I. Harris explores the connections between slavery, race, and gender in the law of the antebellum United States. Harris acknowledges that slaves alone were defined as property at law, and, therefore,*the legal status of slaves differed from free white women and free black women. She also acknowledges that "white women" were allowed property rights on "male-defined terms" but asserts, nevertheless, that free women could be considered as a form of property.
Keywords
Gender and the Law, Slavery, Race and Ethnicity Issues, Government (General), Legal History, Labor Law, Remedies
Disciplines
Labor and Employment Law | Law | Law and Gender | Law and Race | Legal History | Legal Remedies
Recommended Citation
Andrew T. Fede,
Gender in the Law of Slavery in the Antebellum United States,
18
Cardozo L. Rev.
411
(1996).
Available at:
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/clr/vol18/iss2/5
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