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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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Nunley, Tamika (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2023]
Subjects:
1700-1899
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.
Enslaved women > Legal status, laws, etc. > Virginia > History > 18th century.
Enslaved women > Legal status, laws, etc. > Virginia > History > 19th century.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration > Virginia > History > 19th century.
Clémence > Virginie > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Criminelles > Virginie > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Discrimination dans l'administration de la justice pénale > Virginie > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
Race relations
Female offenders
Discrimination in criminal justice administration
Criminal law > Social aspects
Clemency
Virginia > Race relations > History.
Virginie > Relations raciales > Histoire.
Virginia
History
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