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Slavery

Race and the Core Curriculum in Legal Education
Frances Lee Ansley
79 Cal. L. Rev. 1512 (1991)
HeinOnline

Finding Sojourner's Truth: Race, Gender, and the Institution of Property
Cheryl I. Harris
18 Cardozo L. Rev. 309 (1996)
HeinOnline

On Being the Object of Property
Patricia J. Williams
14 Signs: J. Women in Culture & Soc'y 5 (1988)
JSTOR

Article included in Feminist Legal Theory: Readings in Law and Gender, pg. 165-80:

Enslaved People's Right to Property

Invention of a Slave
Brian L. Frye
68 Syracuse L. Rev. 181 (2018)
SSRN            HeinOnline            Syracuse Law Review

The Story of the American Inventor Denied a Patent Because He Was a Slave
Matt Novak
August 28, 2018
Gizmodo

Improving the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act
Rishi Batra
24 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 743 (2017)
HeinOnline

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