Statutory Rape Laws in Historical Context - SUNY Press

The Control and Treatment of Slaves Slavery and the law Between 1665 and 1833 the slave population of the Caribbean rose from under 50 000 to well over 1 100 000. Around the middle of this period in 1770, a year for which reasonably accurate figures are available, some 950 000 slaves were distributed among the possessions of five European ... ................
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