George Van Cleve
Biographic Data
| ID | 3461034 |
|---|---|
| NAME | George Van Cleve |
| GIVEN NAMES | George |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Cleve |
| SIGNATURE | VAN CLEVE G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Virginia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 35 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A Slaveholders' Union
A slaveholders' union
Beginning with its introduction to the first English colonies in North America, slavery in the United States lasted as a legal institution until the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution in 1865. The author demonstrates that the Constitution was pro-slavery in its politics, its economics, and its law
Mansfield's Decision
As Daniel Hulsebosch and Ruth Paley show in their perceptive and helpful comments, Somerset's Case raises questions about several dimensions of the nature of British imperial slavery. As to those dimensions, we share considerable common ground. I agree with Paley that racism was an important element in the treatment of black slaves in England and in its colonies. Hulsebosch is correct that in the late eighteenth century protecting liberty in Engl…
Somerset's Caseand Its Antecedents in Imperial Perspective
James Somerset was taken from Africa as a slave to the Americas in 1749. He was sold in Virginia to Charles Steuart, a Scottish merchant and slave trader in Norfolk who served after 1765 as a high-ranking British customs official. In 1769, Steuart took Somerset with him to England. After two years in England, Somerset escaped from Steuart, but was recaptured. Steuart decided to sell Somerset back into slavery in Jamaica, and, in late November 177…
The Documentary History of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789-1800
Somerset's Caseand Its Antecedents in Imperial Perspective
James Somerset was taken from Africa as a slave to the Americas in 1749. He was sold in Virginia to Charles Steuart, a Scottish merchant and slave trader in Norfolk who served after 1765 as a high-ranking British customs official. In 1769, Steuart took Somerset with him to England. After two years in England, Somerset escaped from Steuart, but was recaptured. Steuart decided to sell Somerset back into slavery in Jamaica, and, in late November 177…
A Slaveholders' Union
The Documentary History of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789-1800
Mansfield's Decision
As Daniel Hulsebosch and Ruth Paley show in their perceptive and helpful comments, Somerset's Case raises questions about several dimensions of the nature of British imperial slavery. As to those dimensions, we share considerable common ground. I agree with Paley that racism was an important element in the treatment of black slaves in England and in its colonies. Hulsebosch is correct that in the late eighteenth century protecting liberty in Engl…
Somerset's Caseand Its Antecedents in Imperial Perspective
James Somerset was taken from Africa as a slave to the Americas in 1749. He was sold in Virginia to Charles Steuart, a Scottish merchant and slave trader in Norfolk who served after 1765 as a high-ranking British customs official. In 1769, Steuart took Somerset with him to England. After two years in England, Somerset escaped from Steuart, but was recaptured. Steuart decided to sell Somerset back into slavery in Jamaica, and, in late November 177…
A Slaveholders' Union
A slaveholders' union
Beginning with its introduction to the first English colonies in North America, slavery in the United States lasted as a legal institution until the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution in 1865. The author demonstrates that the Constitution was pro-slavery in its politics, its economics, and its law
History (4 works) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (3 works) · History (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · 1775-1783 (2 works) · 1775-1815 (2 works) · 1783-1815 (2 works) · 1783-1865 (2 works) · 18th century (2 works) · 19th century (2 works)