Laws of Slavery in Texas

Randolph B. "Mike" Campbell is Regents Professor of History at the University of North Texas and editor of the Southwestern Historical Quarterly. William S. Pugsley is Executive Director of the Texas Supreme Court Historical Society. Marilyn P. Duncan is Consulting Editor for the Texas Supreme Court Historical Society's History Book Project.

• Foreword (Joe R. Greenhill) Project Director's Foreword (Joseph W. McKnight) Acknowledgments A Note on Editorial Style Introduction. Human Chattels: The Laws of Slavery in Texas (Randolph B. Campbell) 1. Laws on Slavery in Mexican Texas, 1821-1836 Legal Documents Empire of Mexico, Colonisation Law of January 4, 1823 Stephen F. Austin's Colony Criminal Regulations, 1824, Articles 10-14 Congress of the United Mexican States, Decree on the Slave Trade in Mexico, July 13, 1824 Constitution of Coahuila and Texas, March 11, 1827, Article 13 State of Coahuila and Texas, Decree No. 18, September 15, 1827 State of Coahuila and Texas, Decree No. 35, November 24, 1827 State of Coahuila and Texas, Decree No. 56, May 5, 1828 Republic of Mexico, Decree of April 6, 1830 State of Coahuila and Texas, Decree No. 190, April 28, 1832 Articles Slavery in Early Texas, I (Lester G. Bugbee) Slavery in Early Texas, II (Lester G. Bugbee) 2. Laws on Slavery in the Republic and Statehood Periods, 1836-1860 Legal Documents Constitution of the Republic of Texas, 1836, General Provisions, Sections 6, 9, 10 Constitution of the State of Texas, 1845, Article 8 Articles The Law of Slavery in Texas (Randolph B. Campbell) The Texas Supreme Court and Trial Rights of Blacks, 1845-1860 (A. E. Keir Nash) Cases Case Study: One Woman's Fight for Freedom: Gess v. Lubbock, 1851 (Mark Davidson) Case Report: Henry B. Hedgepeth and Others v. Felix W. Robertson, 1857 3. Laws on Free Negroes in the Republic and Statehood Periods, 1836-1860 Legal Documents Republic of Texas Congress, Debate on the Emancipation of Peter Martin, December 1839, and An Act to Authorize Wylie Martin to Emancipate His Slave Peter, January 3, 1840 Republic of Texas, An Act Concerning Free Persons of Color, February 5, 1840 Republic of Texas, An Act for the Relief of Certain Free Persons of Color, December 12, 1840 Article The Free Negro in the Republic of Texas: The Extent of Discrimination and Its Effects (Harold Schoen) Case Case Report: Jesse Benton v. Eli Williams, 1843 4. Laws on Slavery and Freedom in Confederate and Reconstruction Texas, 1861-1874 Legal Document Secession Convention of Texas, A Declaration of the Causes Which Impel the State of Texas to Secede from the Federal Union, February 2, 1861 Article The End of Slavery in Texas: A Research Note (Randolph B. Campbell) Cases Case Report: Emancipation Proclamation Cases: W. M. Hall v. T. M. Keese and Dougherty v. Cartwright, 1868 Case Report: William Garrett v. John H. Brooks, 1874 Notes Selected Bibliography Index