Foreword (Joe R. Greenhill)
Project Director's Foreword (Joseph W. McKnight)
Acknowledgments
A Note on Editorial Style
Introduction. Human Chattels: The Laws of Slavery in Texas (Randolph B. Campbell)
1. Laws on Slavery in Mexican Texas, 1821-1836
Legal Documents
Empire of Mexico, Colonisation Law of January 4, 1823
Stephen F. Austin's Colony Criminal Regulations, 1824, Articles 10-14
Congress of the United Mexican States, Decree on the Slave Trade in Mexico, July 13, 1824
Constitution of Coahuila and Texas, March 11, 1827, Article 13
State of Coahuila and Texas, Decree No. 18, September 15, 1827
State of Coahuila and Texas, Decree No. 35, November 24, 1827
State of Coahuila and Texas, Decree No. 56, May 5, 1828
Republic of Mexico, Decree of April 6, 1830
State of Coahuila and Texas, Decree No. 190, April 28, 1832
Articles
Slavery in Early Texas, I (Lester G. Bugbee)
Slavery in Early Texas, II (Lester G. Bugbee)
2. Laws on Slavery in the Republic and Statehood Periods, 1836-1860
Legal Documents
Constitution of the Republic of Texas, 1836, General Provisions, Sections 6, 9, 10
Constitution of the State of Texas, 1845, Article 8
Articles
The Law of Slavery in Texas (Randolph B. Campbell)
The Texas Supreme Court and Trial Rights of Blacks, 1845-1860 (A. E. Keir Nash)
Cases
Case Study: One Woman's Fight for Freedom: Gess v. Lubbock, 1851 (Mark Davidson)
Case Report: Henry B. Hedgepeth and Others v. Felix W. Robertson, 1857
3. Laws on Free Negroes in the Republic and Statehood Periods, 1836-1860
Legal Documents
Republic of Texas Congress, Debate on the Emancipation of Peter Martin, December 1839, and An Act to Authorize Wylie Martin to Emancipate His Slave Peter, January 3, 1840
Republic of Texas, An Act Concerning Free Persons of Color, February 5, 1840
Republic of Texas, An Act for the Relief of Certain Free Persons of Color, December 12, 1840
Article
The Free Negro in the Republic of Texas: The Extent of Discrimination and Its Effects (Harold Schoen)
Case
Case Report: Jesse Benton v. Eli Williams, 1843
4. Laws on Slavery and Freedom in Confederate and Reconstruction Texas, 1861-1874
Legal Document
Secession Convention of Texas, A Declaration of the Causes Which Impel the State of Texas to Secede from the Federal Union, February 2, 1861
Article
The End of Slavery in Texas: A Research Note (Randolph B. Campbell)
Cases
Case Report: Emancipation Proclamation Cases: W. M. Hall v. T. M. Keese and Dougherty v. Cartwright, 1868
Case Report: William Garrett v. John H. Brooks, 1874
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
