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Double Character

- Slavery and Mastery in the Antebellum Southern Courtroom

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A study of the law and culture of slavery in the antebellum Deep South that takes readers into local courtrooms where people settled their civil disputes over property. This work sheds light on the law as a dramatic ritual in people's daily lives, and advances critical historical debates about law, honor, and commerce in the American South.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780820328607
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 280
  • Udgivet:
  • 30. oktober 2006
  • Størrelse:
  • 228x155x18 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 392 g.
  • 8-11 hverdage.
  • 20. november 2024

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A study of the law and culture of slavery in the antebellum Deep South that takes readers into local courtrooms where people settled their civil disputes over property. This work sheds light on the law as a dramatic ritual in people's daily lives, and advances critical historical debates about law, honor, and commerce in the American South.

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