The Demands of Justice : Enslaved Women, Capital Crime, and Clemency in Early Virginia /

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"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Nunley, Tamika (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2023]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Race relations.
Female offenders.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration.
Criminal law > Social aspects.
Clemency.
Clemency > Virginia > History > 19th century.
Criminal law > Social aspects > Virginia > History > 19th century.
Female offenders > Virginia > History > 19th century.
African American women > Legal status, laws, etc. > Virginia > History > 18th century.
African American women > Legal status, laws, etc. > Virginia > History > 19th century.
Women slaves > Legal status, laws, etc. > Virginia > History > 18th century.
Women slaves > Legal status, laws, etc. > Virginia > History > 19th century.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration > Virginia > History > 19th century.
Virginia.
Virginia > Race relations > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
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"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (258 pages): illustrations ;
ISBN:9781469673141

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