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Freedom Bound: Law, Labor, and Civic Identity in Colonizing English America, 1580–1865. By Christopher Tomlins. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012. 636 pp. $36.99 paper.

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Freedom Bound: Law, Labor, and Civic Identity in Colonizing English America, 1580–1865. By Christopher Tomlins. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012. 636 pp. $36.99 paper.

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Christopher Tomlins
Christopher Tomlins*
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University of California, Irvine
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Law & Society Review , Volume 46 , Issue 3 , September 2012 , pp. 668 - 680
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