Stroud's Slave Laws had extensive influence upon national legal thinking on the issue of slavery.

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.