Double Character: Slavery and Mastery in the Antebellum Southern Courtroom by Ariela J. Gross

Double Character: Slavery and Mastery in the Antebellum Southern Courtroom

Studies in the Legal History of the South

Ariela J. Gross

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Ariela J. Gross's Double Character: Slavery and Mastery in the Antebellum Southern Courtroom is a stimulating read for anyone fascinated by the intricate dance between law, culture, and power in the antebellum South, and how the complexities of slavery and racial ideology were navigated in the daily lives of people living in this tumultuous era.

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This groundbreaking study of the law and culture of slavery in the antebellum Deep South takes readers into local courtrooms where people settled their civil disputes over property. Buyers sued sellers for breach of warranty when they considered s...

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