New book on history of slaves’ freedom and manumission lawsuits in the U.S. South

Posted by Alan Childress

Not a legal profession book, to be sure, but perhaps of interest to LPB readers is a new book from the Quid Pro project, Andrew Fede’s Roadblocks to Freedom. It just came out in paperback, Kindle, Nook, and Apple iBooks formats, and by Monday in hardback. It is called “…the most comprehensive study of the law of manumission ever written” and “a must read for anyone interested in the legal history of slavery in the American South.” More soon on a book decidedly about the U.S. legal profession and legal ethics.