Chapters in the History of Social Legislation in the United States to 1860

Chapters in the History of Social Legislation in the United States to 1860
Author: Henry Walcott Farnam
Publisher: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
Total Pages: 518
Release: 2000
Genre: Social legislation
ISBN: 1584770546

A social history of the class system in the United States from the colonial period through the constitutional era that primarily concerns itself with the issue of slavery. Other legislative areas affected by the social structure of the times covered include laws of debt, land tenure, fair trade, and food supply...Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection of New York University (1953) 809.

Children and the Criminal Law in Connecticut, 1635-1855

Children and the Criminal Law in Connecticut, 1635-1855
Author: Nancy Hathaway Steenburg
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2020-10-14
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1000143708

This book presents an intelligent overview into the driving forces that shaped American history in the Northeast. It draws on primary documents such as farmer's diaries, small rural papers of the 19th century, and the publications of state agricultural societies.