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The demands of justice : enslaved women, capital crime, and clemency in early Virginia /
"Less a legal history and more an examination of gender, race, crime, and punishment in the antebellum era, Nunley's book measures the limits and possibilities of justice for enslaved women accused of attempting to or succeeding in committing grave crimes against their owners. Immersing he...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
[2023]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Less a legal history and more an examination of gender, race, crime, and punishment in the antebellum era, Nunley's book measures the limits and possibilities of justice for enslaved women accused of attempting to or succeeding in committing grave crimes against their owners. Immersing herself in hundreds of court cases, executive orders, transportation records of the state treasury, and newspapers from a single state - Virginia - Tamika Nunley has unearthed the stories of enslaved women charged by their owners with poisoning, theft, murder, infanticide, and arson"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 243 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781469673134 1469673134 9781469673141 1469673142 |