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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

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