Higginbotham, A. Leon, 1928-

In the matter of color : race and the American legal process : the colonial period / A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1980. - xxiii, 512 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., 1 facsim. ; 21 cm.

Originally published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1978. Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 397-403.

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