Note 258 — Chapter XXVII · SLAVERY
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Cobb, op. cit. p. 240 sqq. Stroud, op. cit. p. 99. Goodell, American Slave Code, p. 105 sqq. Wheeler, op. cit. p. 199. According to the Civil Code of Louisiana, “slaves cannot marry without the consent of their masters, and their marriages do not produce any of the civil effects which result from such contract” (Morgan, Civil Code of Louisiana, art. 182, p. 29).