A Sketch of the Laws Relating to Slavery in the Several States of the United States of America. Second Edition, With Some Alterations and Considerable Additions.

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In an especially attractive binding; bindings of this book are typically found well-worn. Stroud’s book was first published in 1827 with 108 pages. Here, the 1856 edition is greatly expanded to consider the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law and to update the over twenty year old work. This 1856 edition was further abridged into pamphlet form and used by abolitionists.

Written from an antislavery standpoint, Stroud’s Slave Laws is notable for its detailed judicial opinions concerning the legal issues of slavery. It was also well-regarded for its explanatory tone and reasoning of the specific points of law for the myriad of legalistic controversies regarding slavery that arose in the courts of Antebellum America.

Stroud’s book was widely circulated. It was even published in the German language for German-American readership. George McDowell Stroud (1795–1875) was a jurist, a graduate of Princeton and a contributor to legal magazines.

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