Law for Namesake: An Analysis of Mildred D Taylor’s The Land as a Critique on National Legal Policies for African Americans
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This article analyses the gap that exists between the amendment of laws and their practices as represented in Mildred D Taylor’s The Land (2001). American Government since the presidency of Abraham Lincoln frames and reframes laws for the development of the nations in general and the emancipation of African Americans in particular. In reality the legal measures that have been taken by the American government in reality prove to be least effective in the abolition of racial inequality. Hence this paper analyses laws framed for abolition of slavery, lynching, educational policies and property-owning rights and its effectiveness in the society as represented in Mildred D Taylor’s The Land (2001).
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