Fathers of conscience mixed-race inheritance in the antebellum South

Fathers of conscience : mixed-race inheritance in the antebellum South / Bernie D. Jones.

Author/creator	Jones, Bernie D.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Athens : University of Georgia Press,
Description	xiv, 197 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
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. Enslaved women--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. Enslaved persons--Family relationships --Southern States --History --19th century. Social classes--Southern States --History --19th century. Southern States--Race relations --History --19th century.

Series	Studies in the legal history of the South Studies in the legal history of the South. ^A388391
Contents	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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-182) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2008043133
ISBN	9780820329802 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	0820329800 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780820332512 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	0820332518 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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