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15 produkter
All for Civil Rights
African American Lawyers in South Carolina, 1868–1968
Inbunden, 2017
975 kr
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“The history of the black lawyer in South Carolina,” writes W. Lewis Burke, “is one of the most significant untold stories of the long and troubled struggle for equal rights in the state.” Beginning in Reconstruction and continuing to the modern civil rights era, 168 black lawyers were admitted to …
Homicide Justified
The Legality of Killing Slaves in the United States and the Atlantic World
Inbunden, 2017
1176 kr
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This comparative study looks at the laws concerning the murder of slaves by their masters and at how these laws were implemented. Andrew T. Fede cites a wide range of cases—across time, place, and circumstance—to illuminate legal, judicial, and other complexities surrounding this regrettably common …
Slavery and Freedom in Texas
Stories from the Courtroom, 1821–1871
Inbunden, 2017
1467 kr
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In these absorbing accounts of five court cases, Jason A. Gillmer offers intimate glimpses into Texas society in the time of slavery. Each story unfolds along boundaries—between men and women, slave and free, black and white, rich and poor, old and young—as rigid social orders are upset in ways …
Slavery and Freedom in Texas
Stories from the Courtroom, 1821–1871
Häftad, 2017
494 kr
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In these absorbing accounts of five court cases, Jason A. Gillmer offers intimate glimpses into Texas society in the time of slavery. Each story unfolds along boundaries—between men and women, slave and free, black and white, rich and poor, old and young—as rigid social orders are upset in ways …
All for Civil Rights
African American Lawyers in South Carolina, 1868–1968
Häftad, 2019
492 kr
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“The history of the black lawyer in South Carolina,” writes W. Lewis Burke, “is one of the most significant untold stories of the long and troubled struggle for equal rights in the state.” Beginning in Reconstruction and continuing to the modern civil rights era, 168 black lawyers were admitted to …
Homicide Justified
The Legality of Killing Slaves in the United States and the Atlantic World
Häftad, 2019
551 kr
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This comparative study looks at the laws concerning the murder of slaves by their masters and at how these laws were implemented. Andrew T. Fede cites a wide range of cases—across time, place, and circumstance—to illuminate legal, judicial, and other complexities surrounding this regrettably common …
Lost Translators of 1808 and the Birth of Civil Law in Louisiana
Inbunden, 2021
949 kr
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In 1808 the legislature of the Louisiana territory appointed two men to translate the Digest of the Laws in Force in the Territory of Orleans (or, as it was called at the time, simply the Code) from the original French into English. Those officials, however, did not reveal who received the …
Bridging Revolutions
The Lives of Chief Justices Richmond Pearson and John Belton O'Neall
Inbunden, 2023
1051 kr
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Bridging Revolutions examines the lives of North Carolina chief justice Richmond Pearson (1805–1878) and South Carolina chief justice John Belton O’Neall (1793–1863) and their impact on the South’s transition from a slave to a free society. Joseph A. Ranney documents how the two judges fought to …
Constitutional History of Virginia
Av Brent Tarter
Inbunden, 2023
679 kr
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This is the only modern comprehensive constitutional history of any state, and as a history of Virgina, it is one of the oldest and most complex. Virginia’s state legislature is the Virginia General Assembly, which was established in July 1619, making it the oldest current lawmaking body in North …
Degraded Caste of Society
Unequal Protection of the Law as a Badge of Slavery
Inbunden, 2024
578 kr
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A Degraded Caste of Society traces the origins of twenty-first-century cases of interracial violence to the separate and unequal protection principles of the criminal law of enslavement in the southern United States. Andrew T. Fede explains how antebellum appellate court opinions and statutes, when …
Lost Translators of 1808 and the Birth of Civil Law in Louisiana
Häftad, 2024
423 kr
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In 1808 the legislature of the Louisiana territory appointed two men to translate the Digest of the Laws in Force in the Territory of Orleans (or, as it was called at the time, simply the Code) from the original French into English. Those officials, however, did not reveal who received the …
Bridging Revolutions
The Lives of Chief Justices Richmond Pearson and John Belton O'Neall
Häftad, 2025
597 kr
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Bridging Revolutions examines the lives of North Carolina chief justice Richmond Pearson (1805–1878) and South Carolina chief justice John Belton O’Neall (1793–1863) and their impact on the South’s transition from a slave to a free society. Joseph A. Ranney documents how the two judges fought to …
Constitutional History of Virginia
Av Brent Tarter
Häftad, 2025
579 kr
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This is the only modern comprehensive constitutional history of any state, and as a history of Virgina, it is one of the oldest and most complex. Virginia’s state legislature is the Virginia General Assembly, which was established in July 1619, making it the oldest current lawmaking body in North …
Ladies of Little Rock
Black Femininity and Respectability Politics in the Fight to Desegregate Central High School
Inbunden, 2026
1846 kr
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Ladies of Little Rock explores the agency and activism of middle-class Black women and girls who led the movement to desegregate Little Rock Central High School. Misti Nicole Harper argues that these ladies assumed this responsibility as part of a broader legacy of middle-class Black women who …
Ladies of Little Rock
Black Femininity and Respectability Politics in the Fight to Desegregate Central High School
Häftad, 2026
353 kr
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Ladies of Little Rock explores the agency and activism of middle-class Black women and girls who led the movement to desegregate Little Rock Central High School. Misti Nicole Harper argues that these ladies assumed this responsibility as part of a broader legacy of middle-class Black women who …
