Fathers of conscience [electronic resource] : mixed-race inheritance in the antebellum South / Bernie D. Jones.
By: Jones, Bernie D.
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BookSeries: Studies in the legal history of the South: Publisher: Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, c2009Description: xiv, 197 p. : ill.Subject(s): Racially mixed people -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century | Illegitimate children -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century | Women slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century | Wills -- Southern States -- Cases | Inheritance and succession -- Social aspects -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century | Men, White -- Family relationships -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century | Slaveholders -- Family relationships -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century | Slaves -- Family relationships -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century | Social classes -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century | Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 342.7508/7 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Righteous fathers, vulnerable old men, and degraded creatures -- Slavery, freedom, and the rule of law -- Justice and mercy in the Kentucky Court of Appeals -- Circling the wagons and clamping down : the Mississippi High Court of Errors and Appeals -- The people of Barnwell against the Supreme Court of South Carolina : the case of Elijah Willis.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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