Black Litigants In The Antebellum American South
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Black Litigants In The Antebellum American South
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Author : Kimberly M. Welch
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
Black Litigants In The Antebellum American South written by Kimberly M. Welch and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Actions and defenses categories.
"This work explores free and enslaved African Americans' involvement in a broad range of civil actions in the Natchez district of Mississippi and Louisiana between 1800 and 1860. Though the antebellum southern courts have long been understood as institutions supporting the class interests and the racial ideologies of the planter and merchant elite, Kimberly Welch shows how black litigants found ways to advocate for themselves even within a racist system. To understand their success, Welch argues that we must understand the language that they used--the language of property, in particular. Because private property and slavery were fundamentally linked in the minds of slave owners, the term 'property' contained a group of metaphors that underwrote a set of white, male claims about autonomy, membership, citizenship, and personhood" --
Black Litigants In The Antebellum American South
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Author : Kimberly M. Welch
language : en
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Release Date : 2018-01-02
Black Litigants In The Antebellum American South written by Kimberly M. Welch and has been published by UNC Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-02 with Social Science categories.
In the antebellum Natchez district, in the heart of slave country, black people sued white people in all-white courtrooms. They sued to enforce the terms of their contracts, recover unpaid debts, recuperate back wages, and claim damages for assault. They sued in conflicts over property and personal status. And they often won. Based on new research conducted in courthouse basements and storage sheds in rural Mississippi and Louisiana, Kimberly Welch draws on over 1,000 examples of free and enslaved black litigants who used the courts to protect their interests and reconfigure their place in a tense society. To understand their success, Welch argues that we must understand the language that they used--the language of property, in particular--to make their claims recognizable and persuasive to others and to link their status as owner to the ideal of a free, autonomous citizen. In telling their stories, Welch reveals a previously unknown world of black legal activity, one that is consequential for understanding the long history of race, rights, and civic inclusion in America.
Birthright Citizens
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Author : Martha S. Jones
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2018-06-28
Birthright Citizens written by Martha S. Jones and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-28 with History categories.
Explains the origins of the Fourteenth Amendment's birthright citizenship provision, as a story of black Americans' pre-Civil War claims to belonging.
Double Character
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Author : Ariela J. Gross
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2021-07-13
Double Character written by Ariela J. Gross and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-13 with History categories.
In a groundbreaking study of the day-to-day law and culture of slavery, Ariela Gross investigates the local courtrooms of the Deep South where ordinary people settled their disputes over slaves. Buyers sued sellers for breach of warranty when they considered slaves to be physically or morally defective; owners sued supervisors who whipped or neglected slaves under their care. Double Character seeks to explain how communities dealt with an important dilemma raised by these trials: how could slaves who acted as moral agents be treated as commodities? Because these cases made the character of slaves a central legal question, slaves' moral agency intruded into the courtroom, often challenging the character of slaveholders who saw themselves as honorable masters. Gross looks at the stories about white and black character that witnesses and litigants put forth in court. She not only reveals the role of law in constructing "race" but also offers a portrait of the culture of slavery, one that addresses historical debates about law, honor, and commerce in the American South. Gross maintains that witnesses and litigants drew on narratives available in the culture at large to explain the nature and origins of slaves' character, such as why slaves became runaways. But the legal process also shaped their expressions of racial ideology by favoring certain explanations over others. Double Character brings to life the law as a dramatic ritual in people's daily lives, looking at trials from the perspective of litigants, lawyers, doctors, and the slaves themselves. The author's approach combines the methods of cultural anthropology, quantitative social history, and critical race theory.
In The Shadow Of Dred Scott
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Author : Kelly M. Kennington
language : en
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Release Date : 2017-04-15
In The Shadow Of Dred Scott written by Kelly M. Kennington and has been published by University of Georgia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-15 with History categories.
The Dred Scott suit for freedom, argues Kelly M. Kennington, was merely the most famous example of a phenomenon that was more widespread in antebellum American jurisprudence than is generally recognized. The author draws on the case files of more than three hundred enslaved individuals who, like Dred Scott and his family, sued for freedom in the local legal arena of St. Louis. Her findings open new perspectives on the legal culture of slavery and the negotiated processes involved in freedom suits. As a gateway to the American West, a major port on both the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, and a focal point in the rancorous national debate over slavery’s expansion, St. Louis was an ideal place for enslaved individuals to challenge the legal systems and, by extension, the social systems that held them in forced servitude. Kennington offers an in-depth look at how daily interactions, webs of relationships, and arguments presented in court shaped and reshaped legal debates and public attitudes over slavery and freedom in St. Louis. Kennington also surveys more than eight hundred state supreme court freedom suits from around the United States to situate the St. Louis example in a broader context. Although white enslavers dominated the antebellum legal system in St. Louis and throughout the slaveholding states, that fact did not mean that the system ignored the concerns of the subordinated groups who made up the bulk of the American population. By looking at a particular example of one group’s encounters with the law—and placing these suits into conversation with similar encounters that arose in appellate cases nationwide—Kennington sheds light on the ways in which the law responded to the demands of a variety of actors.
Litigating Across The Color Line
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Author : Melissa Milewski
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018
Litigating Across The Color Line written by Melissa Milewski and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with History categories.
In a largely previously untold story, from 1865 to 1950, black litigants throughout the South took on white southerners in civil suits. Drawing on almost a thousand cases, Milewski shows how African Americans negotiated the southern legal system and won suits against whites after the Civil War and before the Civil Rights struggle
The History And Future Of Black People
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Author : Roderick Edwards
language : en
Publisher: Roderick Edwards
Release Date : 2021-03-15
The History And Future Of Black People written by Roderick Edwards and has been published by Roderick Edwards this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-15 with History categories.
Finally, a book that breaks free of the narrative. A book that would make Malcolm X proud as it takes on the misinformation of the white liberal. Learn how white liberals created the KKK and Jim Crow laws and turned dogs and hoses on black Americans in the 1960s. Find out the real motive for Affirmative Action and purging the past. Follow along the exciting African battles in Zulu land and Ethiopia where warriors with spears beat back advanced armies. Imagine a future of a Wakanda-like city being planned in Senegal by music artist Akon! This book has it all.
Becoming Free Becoming Black
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Author : Alejandro de la Fuente
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2020-01-16
Becoming Free Becoming Black written by Alejandro de la Fuente and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-16 with History categories.
Shows that the law of freedom, not slavery, determined the way that race developed over time in three slave societies.
Black Litigants In The Antebellum American South
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Author : Kimberly M. Welch
language : en
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Release Date : 2018-01-02
Black Litigants In The Antebellum American South written by Kimberly M. Welch and has been published by UNC Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-02 with History categories.
In the antebellum Natchez district, in the heart of slave country, black people sued white people in all-white courtrooms. They sued to enforce the terms of their contracts, recover unpaid debts, recuperate back wages, and claim damages for assault. They sued in conflicts over property and personal status. And they often won. Based on new research conducted in courthouse basements and storage sheds in rural Mississippi and Louisiana, Kimberly Welch draws on over 1,000 examples of free and enslaved black litigants who used the courts to protect their interests and reconfigure their place in a tense society. To understand their success, Welch argues that we must understand the language that they used--the language of property, in particular--to make their claims recognizable and persuasive to others and to link their status as owner to the ideal of a free, autonomous citizen. In telling their stories, Welch reveals a previously unknown world of black legal activity, one that is consequential for understanding the long history of race, rights, and civic inclusion in America.
Contesting Slave Masculinity In The American South
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Author : David Stefan Doddington
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2018-07-12
Contesting Slave Masculinity In The American South written by David Stefan Doddington and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-12 with History categories.
Highlights competing masculine values in slave communities and reveals how masculinity shaped resistance, accommodation, and survival.