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This book presents the legal proceedings in an inheritance dispute that serves as an unexpected window into the intersection of two cultural and legal systems: Creek Indian and Euro-American. Case 1299: Weatherford vs. Weatherford et al. appeared in the Chancery Court of Mobile in 1846 when William...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Paredes, J. Anthony (James Anthony), 1939-, Knight, Judith
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa, Alabama : University of Alabama Press, [2012]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Weatherford, William, > approximately 1780-1824.
Weatherford, William, > approximately 1780-1824 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Inheritance and succession.
Creek Indians > Legal status, laws, etc.
Conflict of laws > Domestic relations.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Successions et heritages > Alabama > Histoire > 19e siecle > Jurisprudence.
Creek (Indiens) > Rites et ceremonies du mariage > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Familles (Droit international prive) > Alabama > Histoire > 19e siecle > Jurisprudence.
Inheritance and succession > Alabama > History > 19th century > Cases.
Creek Indians > Marriage customs and rites > History > 19th century.
Creek Indians > Legal status, laws, etc. > Alabama > Cases.
Conflict of laws > Domestic relations > Alabama > History > 19th century > Cases.
Alabama.
Trials, litigation, etc.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This book presents the legal proceedings in an inheritance dispute that serves as an unexpected window into the intersection of two cultural and legal systems: Creek Indian and Euro-American. Case 1299: Weatherford vs. Weatherford et al. appeared in the Chancery Court of Mobile in 1846 when William "Red Eagle" Weatherford's son by the Indian woman Supalamy sued his half siblings (fathered by Weatherford with two other Creek women, Polly Moniac and Mary Stiggins) for a greater share of Weatherford's estate. While the court recognized William Jr. as the son of William Sr., he nevertheless lost his petition for inheritance due to the lack of legal evidence concerning the marriage of his biological mother to William Sr. The case, which went to the Alabama Supreme Court in 1851, provides a record of an attempt to interrelate and, perhaps, manipulate differences in cultures as they played out within the ritualized, arcane world of antebellum Alabama jurisprudence. This book shows that its more enduring value lies in being a source for historical ethnography - that is, for anthropological analyses of cultural dynamics of the past events that complement the narratives of professional historians.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (231 pages): illustrations, genealogical tables
ISBN:9780817386238

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