A judge conceded property law was authored by slaveholders with biased interests

Evidence

One judge said, “We’re wrong for not giving this woman redress. And we’re not giving a redress by allowing her to go back and file for this emotional distress and punitive staff that the laws were made by white men who have a purpose in the outcome of these decisions or an interest in these decisions.” — Tamara Lanier, From These Roots, 1328

Categorization

• QUESTION: Identity of this judge and the full text of her concurrence/dissent is worth pulling for precision.
• XREF: connects to: State courts adjudicated liability disputes over leased slave property like any other asset — Lawrence M. Friedman and Grant M. Hayden, American Law: An Introduction, 237