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law of slavery  

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  • Laws regulating slavery are as old as slavery itself, and only in the latter half of the 20th century has the world been without widespread legal forms of slavery. American laws of slavery had their origin in Roman law. [Source: The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encylopedia; Slavery, Law of]

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