Slavery and freedom in Texas : stories from the courtroom, 1821-1871 /

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"[This book offers] glimpses into Texas society in the time of slavery. Each story unfolds along boundaries--between men and women, slave and free, black and white, rich and poor, old and young--as rigid social orders are upset in ways that drive people into the courtroom. One case involves a s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gillmer, Jason A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2017]
Colección:Southern legal studies.
Temas:
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > Texas > Cases.
Enslaved persons > Legal status, laws, etc. > Texas > Cases.
Freed persons > Legal status, laws, etc. > Texas > Cases.
Slaveholders > Legal status, laws, etc. > Texas > Cases.
Slavery > Law and legislation > Texas > Cases.
Trials > Texas.
Procès > Texas.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc.
Freed persons > Legal status, laws, etc.
Slaveholders > Legal status, laws, etc.
Slavery > Law and legislation
Enslaved persons > Legal status, laws, etc.
Trials
Texas
Trials, litigation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • CONTENTS
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction White Slaves and Ownership Rights in Central Texas
  • CHAPTER ONE Sex, Race, and Family on the Gulf Coast
  • CHAPTER TWO Slave Resistance and Class Conflict in the Redlands
  • CHAPTER THREE A Free Family of Color on the Borderland
  • CHAPTER FOUR Lawyers and Slaves on Galveston Island
  • CONCLUSTION Telling Stories of Slavery and Freedom
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • JK
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • V
  • W

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