Legal Borrowing and the Origins of Slave Law in the British Colonies

Journal Article Legal Borrowing and the Origins of Slave Law in the British Colonies Get access Bradley J. Nicholson, B.A., J.D. Bradley J. Nicholson, B.A., J.D. Attorney at Law *Reed College, 1983; University of Pennsylvania School of Law, 1990. I thank Alan Watson and Judge Morris S. Arnold of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals for their comments and encouragement. I thank Richard S. Dunn for his help locating sources. I also derived great benefit from the suggestions of William M. Wiecek, who acted as reader. Responsibility for errors remains with the author. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 38, Issue 1, January 1994, Pages 38–54, https://doi.org/10.2307/845322 Published: 01 January 1994