Fathers of Conscience - Mixed-race Inheritance in the Antebellum South

Informationen zum Autor Bernie D. Jones is an associate professor of law at Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts. Klappentext Looks at the legal and cultural implications of bequests that crossed the color line. This book examines high-court decisions in the antebellum South that involved wills in which white male planters bequeathed property! freedom! or both to women of color and their mixed-race children. Zusammenfassung Examines high-court decisions in the antebellum South that involved wills in which white male planters bequeathed property, freedom, or both to women of color and their mixed-race children.

Product details

• Authors: Bernie Jones, Bernie D Jones, Bernie D. Jones
• Assisted by: Paul Finkelman (Editor), Kermit Hall (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Georgia Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.02.2009
• EAN: 9780820332512
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-3251-2
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Studies in the Legal History o; Studies in the Legal History o; Studies in the Legal History of the South
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Rechtsgeschichte, 19. Jahrhundert (1800 bis 1899 n. Chr.), LAW / Legal History, History - U.S., USA Süden, South Atlantic States, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV), HISTORY / United States / 19th Century