Double Character : Slavery and Mastery in the Antebellum Southern Courtroom /

In a groundbreaking study of the day-to-day law and culture of slavery, Ariela Gross investigates the local courtrooms of the Deep South where ordinary people settled their disputes over slaves. Buyers sued sellers for breach of warranty when they considered slaves to be physically or morally defect...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gross, Ariela J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2021]
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Courts > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Slavery > Law and legislation > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Slaves > Legal status, laws, etc > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Slaves > Legal status, laws, etc. > Southern States > History > 19th century.
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century.
Adeline.
African codes of honor.
Andrews, Philo.
Ball, Charles.
Brown, Andrew.
Cartwright, Samuel.
Civil War colored regiments.
Cozzins v. Whitacker.
Dangerfield, Elizabeth.
Emancipation Proclamation.
Forks-of-the-Road slave market.
Freedmen's Bureau.
Genovese, Eugene.
Gilbert.
Hagan v. Rist.
Henderson, Charles.
Johnson, William.
Kemble, Fanny.
Kyle, Christopher.
Lafortune.
Linden (Natchez estate).
Lynch, Charles.
McKowen, Alexander.
Melrose (Natchez estate).
Minute books (Adams Circuit Court).
Northern culture.
Oakland plantation.
Olmsted, Frederick Law.
Posey, Stanhope.
Reynolds, Walker.
alcoholism.
biological racism.
breach of covenant.
commodification.
depositions.
dog running.
equitable claims.
ethic of honor.
fellow-servant rule.
idiocy.
importation of slaves.
inferior courts.
insubordination.
malleability of character.
medical instructions.
medical jurisprudence.
moral insanity.
negro syphilis.
passing for white.
petit juries.
punishment rituals.
redhibitory actions.
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