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How did antebellum bankruptcy law deal with slaves? If a slaveholder went bankrupt, could he use the value of the slaves to satisfy his creditors? Did federal bankruptcy trustees buy/sell slaves?

by /u/Vambrosek in /r/AskHistorians

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