I think that perhaps someone on our list will have an answer to this
cross-posted query.
Prof. K.R. Constantine Gutzman
Department of History
Western Connecticut State University
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From: "Christopher Waldrep, San Francisco State" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 9:09 PM
Subject: [H-Law] slave Law


> From: "Gus L. Seligmann" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 15:15:38 -0600
> Subject: SLAVE LAW
>
>               I have what I suspect may be a simple question for the
> list.  Yesterday when I was lecturing on slavery I made the point
> that under Texas law when a slave was sentenced to be executed
> the jury had to determine the slave's value so the state could
> compensate the owner for the destruction of his/her property.  One
> of my students asked if the state of Virginia compensated owners
> for losses suffered in the Nat Turner Revolt.  I didn't have the
> foggiest idea.  After class I cousulted with my colleague Mike
> Campbell who has written a very good history of slavery in Texas.
> The best answer we could come up with was they probably didn't
> compensate for those slaves killed during the revolt but may well
> have compensated for those like Turner who were captured and
> then executed.  My question to the list is are we right?
>
>          Gus Seligmann

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