Jones, Bernie D.

Fathers of conscience mixed-race inheritance in the antebellum South / [electronic resource] : Bernie D. Jones. - Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, c2009. - xiv, 197 p. : ill. - Studies in the legal history of the South . - Studies in the legal history of the South. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
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Racially mixed people--Legal status, laws, etc.--History--Southern States--19th century.
Illegitimate children--Legal status, laws, etc.--History--Southern States--19th century.
Women slaves--Legal status, laws, etc.--History--Southern States--19th century.
Wills--Southern States--Cases.
Inheritance and succession--Social aspects--History--Southern States--19th century.
Men, White--Family relationships--History--Southern States--19th century.
Slaveholders--Family relationships--History--Southern States--19th century.
Slaves--Family relationships--History--Southern States--19th century.
Social classes--History--Southern States--19th century.


Southern States--Race relations--History--19th century.


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