| Description |
1 online resource (222 pages) : map |
| Contents |
Contents; Introduction; 1 Anne Orthwood, Indentured Servant; 2 William Kendall, Parvenu; 3 William Waters, Gentleman; 4 John Stringer, Presiding Justice; 5 Robert Hutchinson, Clerk of Court; 6 Eleanor Gething, Midwife; 7 John Waterson, Trial Jury Foreman; 8 John Kendall, Putative Father; 9 John Stockley, Grand Jury Foreman; 10 Jasper Orthwood, Free Man; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
| Summary |
"Anne Orthwood's Bastard" tells the story of a maidservant from Bristol, England who emigrated to Virginia's Eastern Shore in 1662, became pregnant by a caddish nephew of a colonial politician, and died in childbirth, leaving an illegitimate son and a host of knotty legal problems. Through a study of the four cases stemming from this birth and the people involved, Pagan uses the community's response to illuminate the emerging distinctiveness of early American law. He argues that the peculiar structure of Virginia's economy and labour system accounts for many of the differences between colonial and English law, and contends that Virginia leaders skilfully shaped legal doctrines and institutions to serve their own agenda |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-211) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Orthwood, Anne, 1639-1664 -- Trials, litigation, etc
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Kendall, John, active 1663 -- Trials, litigation, etc
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Kendall, John, active 1663 fast |
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Orthwood, Anne, 1639-1664 fast |
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Sex and law -- Virginia -- History -- 17th century
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Illegitimacy -- Virginia -- History -- 17th century
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sexual Abuse & Harassment.
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Illegitimacy
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Sex and law
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Virginia
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Trial and arbitral proceedings
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History
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Trials, litigation, etc.
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Trial and arbitral proceedings.
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Comptes rendus de procès et d'arbitrage.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1423735323 |
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9781423735328 |
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1602564523 |
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9781602564527 |
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9780195144789 |
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0195144783 |
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9780195144796 |
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0195144791 |
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1280535296 |
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9781280535291 |
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9780198033066 |
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0198033060 |
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9786612367366 |
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6612367369 |
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0199881774 |
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9780199881772 |
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1282367366 |
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9781282367364 |
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9786610535293 |
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6610535299 |
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