H Robert Baker
Biographic Data
| ID | 1148890 |
|---|---|
| NAME | H Robert Baker |
| GIVEN NAMES | H Robert |
| FAMILY NAME | Baker |
| SIGNATURE | BAKER H R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Georgia State University |
| ORCID | 0009-0002-0838-2915 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Sailing to Freedom
Reviewed by: Sailing to Freedom: Maritime Dimensions of the Underground Railroad ed. by Timothy D. Walker H. Robert Baker Timothy D. Walker, ed. Sailing to Freedom: Maritime Dimensions of the Underground Railroad. Amherst: U of Massachusetts P, 2021. 220 pp. $27.95. The Underground Railroad is, in the historical imagination, an over-ground affair. Enslaved persons crossed hundreds of miles of tangled [End Page 263] forest along invisible tracks, …
Bonds of Empire
Journal Article Bonds of Empire: The English Origins of Slave Law in South Carolina and British Plantation America, 1660–1783 Get access Bonds of Empire: The English Origins of Slave Law in South Carolina and British Plantation America, 1660–1783. By Lee B Wilson. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021. xiv, 274 pp. $59.99.) H. Robert Baker H. Robert Baker Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia Search for other works by this author on: …
Teaching Enslavement in American History
Teaching Enslavement in American History provides classroom teachers with the resources necessary to navigate one of the most difficult topics in any history course. This volume is the product of a collaboration between three university professors and a team of experienced middle and high school teachers. Its nine chapters include the context for topics like the middle passage, the Constitution’s position on enslavement, African cultural retentio…
No Property in Man
Few points seem more historically settled than that of the proslavery Constitution. Following the lead of scholars such as Paul Finkelman, William Wiecek and Gary Nash, historians have taken for granted that the Constitution's protections of slavery aided slaveholders in their quest for power and abetted the expansion of slavery across the continent. Even those who argued in favor of a more slavery-neutral Constitution—notably Don E. Fehrenbacher…
Susanna L. Blumenthal. Law and the Modern Mind
American law underwent a profound transition in the nineteenth century. Briefly told, the old common law of personal relations (status) gave way to liberal notions of equality among individuals (contract). In theory, the elevation of individual contractual theory swept away inequalities of race, class, and gender that had undergirded the common law. In practice, as scholars such as Linda K. Kerber, Amy Dru Stanley, and Barbara Young Welke have ma…
Beyond Freedom’s Reach
Rose Herera, a slave, was born in the parish of Pointe Coupee in Louisiana around 1840, and experienced the upheaval of Civil War and emancipation. Like many other American slaves, she discovered j
Erik J. Chaput. The People's Martyr
Who was Thomas Wilson Dorr? While most historians are at least familiar with the rebellion Dorr led in Rhode Island in 1842, few likely know his real story. Perhaps, rightly so; Dorr's life would not have warranted any biographical treatment had he not subverted the standing government of Rhode Island, led a raid on an arsenal, and then abruptly fled when things turned sour. But Erik J. Chaput has written more than a biography here, and more than…
Natural Law and the Antislavery Constitutional Tradition
In this provocative book Justin Buckley Dyer makes a case for the U.S. Constitution's natural law foundations. He does not divine the Constitution's meaning from the intent of the Founders or the understanding of the ratifiers, however. Rather, he argues that natural law informed constitutional thinking and that abolitionists who deployed natural law concepts in their subsequent reading of the Constitution were substantially right. It is an argum…
The Fugitive Slave Clause and the Antebellum Constitution
Among the most long-lasting constitutional controversies in the antebellum era was the interpretation of the fugitive slave clause. It was the subject of repeated legislative and judicial construction at both the state and the federal level. It raised delicate questions about federalism and the balancing of property rights and personal liberty. Slaveholders and abolitionists brought irreconcilable constitutional positions to the table, ultimately…
Creating Order in the Wilderness
The legal history of the western Canadian frontier has received renewed attention in recent years. Much of the work readdresses the question of “law and order,” challenging older assumptions about Canada's orderly frontier culture—orderly particularly in contrast to the United States’ violent settlement of the west. At issue is not just a revision of whether violence occurred on the Canadian frontier but a fundamental reinterpretation of what the…
No Property in Man
Few points seem more historically settled than that of the proslavery Constitution. Following the lead of scholars such as Paul Finkelman, William Wiecek and Gary Nash, historians have taken for granted that the Constitution's protections of slavery aided slaveholders in their quest for power and abetted the expansion of slavery across the continent. Even those who argued in favor of a more slavery-neutral Constitution—notably Don E. Fehrenbacher…
Natural Law and the Antislavery Constitutional Tradition
In this provocative book Justin Buckley Dyer makes a case for the U.S. Constitution's natural law foundations. He does not divine the Constitution's meaning from the intent of the Founders or the understanding of the ratifiers, however. Rather, he argues that natural law informed constitutional thinking and that abolitionists who deployed natural law concepts in their subsequent reading of the Constitution were substantially right. It is an argum…
The Fugitive Slave Clause and the Antebellum Constitution
Among the most long-lasting constitutional controversies in the antebellum era was the interpretation of the fugitive slave clause. It was the subject of repeated legislative and judicial construction at both the state and the federal level. It raised delicate questions about federalism and the balancing of property rights and personal liberty. Slaveholders and abolitionists brought irreconcilable constitutional positions to the table, ultimately…
Creating Order in the Wilderness
The legal history of the western Canadian frontier has received renewed attention in recent years. Much of the work readdresses the question of “law and order,” challenging older assumptions about Canada's orderly frontier culture—orderly particularly in contrast to the United States’ violent settlement of the west. At issue is not just a revision of whether violence occurred on the Canadian frontier but a fundamental reinterpretation of what the…
Creating Order in the Wilderness
The legal history of the western Canadian frontier has received renewed attention in recent years. Much of the work readdresses the question of “law and order,” challenging older assumptions about Canada's orderly frontier culture—orderly particularly in contrast to the United States’ violent settlement of the west. At issue is not just a revision of whether violence occurred on the Canadian frontier but a fundamental reinterpretation of what the…
The Fugitive Slave Clause and the Antebellum Constitution
Among the most long-lasting constitutional controversies in the antebellum era was the interpretation of the fugitive slave clause. It was the subject of repeated legislative and judicial construction at both the state and the federal level. It raised delicate questions about federalism and the balancing of property rights and personal liberty. Slaveholders and abolitionists brought irreconcilable constitutional positions to the table, ultimately…
Natural Law and the Antislavery Constitutional Tradition
In this provocative book Justin Buckley Dyer makes a case for the U.S. Constitution's natural law foundations. He does not divine the Constitution's meaning from the intent of the Founders or the understanding of the ratifiers, however. Rather, he argues that natural law informed constitutional thinking and that abolitionists who deployed natural law concepts in their subsequent reading of the Constitution were substantially right. It is an argum…
Erik J. Chaput. The People's Martyr
Who was Thomas Wilson Dorr? While most historians are at least familiar with the rebellion Dorr led in Rhode Island in 1842, few likely know his real story. Perhaps, rightly so; Dorr's life would not have warranted any biographical treatment had he not subverted the standing government of Rhode Island, led a raid on an arsenal, and then abruptly fled when things turned sour. But Erik J. Chaput has written more than a biography here, and more than…
Beyond Freedom’s Reach
Rose Herera, a slave, was born in the parish of Pointe Coupee in Louisiana around 1840, and experienced the upheaval of Civil War and emancipation. Like many other American slaves, she discovered j
Susanna L. Blumenthal. Law and the Modern Mind
American law underwent a profound transition in the nineteenth century. Briefly told, the old common law of personal relations (status) gave way to liberal notions of equality among individuals (contract). In theory, the elevation of individual contractual theory swept away inequalities of race, class, and gender that had undergirded the common law. In practice, as scholars such as Linda K. Kerber, Amy Dru Stanley, and Barbara Young Welke have ma…
No Property in Man
Few points seem more historically settled than that of the proslavery Constitution. Following the lead of scholars such as Paul Finkelman, William Wiecek and Gary Nash, historians have taken for granted that the Constitution's protections of slavery aided slaveholders in their quest for power and abetted the expansion of slavery across the continent. Even those who argued in favor of a more slavery-neutral Constitution—notably Don E. Fehrenbacher…
Teaching Enslavement in American History
Teaching Enslavement in American History provides classroom teachers with the resources necessary to navigate one of the most difficult topics in any history course. This volume is the product of a collaboration between three university professors and a team of experienced middle and high school teachers. Its nine chapters include the context for topics like the middle passage, the Constitution’s position on enslavement, African cultural retentio…
Sailing to Freedom
Reviewed by: Sailing to Freedom: Maritime Dimensions of the Underground Railroad ed. by Timothy D. Walker H. Robert Baker Timothy D. Walker, ed. Sailing to Freedom: Maritime Dimensions of the Underground Railroad. Amherst: U of Massachusetts P, 2021. 220 pp. $27.95. The Underground Railroad is, in the historical imagination, an over-ground affair. Enslaved persons crossed hundreds of miles of tangled [End Page 263] forest along invisible tracks, …
Bonds of Empire
Journal Article Bonds of Empire: The English Origins of Slave Law in South Carolina and British Plantation America, 1660–1783 Get access Bonds of Empire: The English Origins of Slave Law in South Carolina and British Plantation America, 1660–1783. By Lee B Wilson. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021. xiv, 274 pp. $59.99.) H. Robert Baker H. Robert Baker Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia Search for other works by this author on: …
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