| Description |
1 online resource (219 pages) : illustrations, genealogical tables |
| Series |
Contemporary American Indians |
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Contemporary American Indians
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| Contents |
Introduction / J. Anthony Paredes -- A brief sketch of Creek country in the early nineteenth century / Robbie Ethridge -- Formation of the Tensaw community / Gregory A. Waselkov -- Early Alabama law and chancery practice / David I. Durham and Paul M. Pruitt Jr -- Edited transcript of case 1299 : Weatherford vs. Weatherford et al. / Judith Knight -- A modern Creek Indian reflection on Weatherford vs. Weatherford et al. / Nina Gail Thrower (recorded and transcribed by Robert Thrower) -- Appendix. Reproduction of “Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Alabama, during January Term and a Part of June Term, 1852 - Reported by JW Shepherd, Vol XX” |
| Summary |
This book presents the legal proceedings in an inheritance dispute that serves as an unexpected window into the intersection of two cultural and legal systems: Creek Indian and Euro-American. Case 1299: Weatherford vs. Weatherford et al. appeared in the Chancery Court of Mobile in 1846 when William "Red Eagle" Weatherford's son by the Indian woman Supalamy sued his half siblings (fathered by Weatherford with two other Creek women, Polly Moniac and Mary Stiggins) for a greater share of Weatherford's estate. While the court recognized William Jr. as the son of William Sr., he nevertheless lost his petition for inheritance due to the lack of legal evidence concerning the marriage of his biological mother to William Sr. The case, which went to the Alabama Supreme Court in 1851, provides a record of an attempt to interrelate and, perhaps, manipulate differences in cultures as they played out within the ritualized, arcane world of antebellum Alabama jurisprudence. This book shows that its more enduring value lies in being a source for historical ethnography - that is, for anthropological analyses of cultural dynamics of the past events that complement the narratives of professional historians |
| Analysis |
Weatherford v. Weatherford, 20 Ala. 548 (Ala. 1852) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [193]-203) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Weatherford, William, approximately 1780-1824 -- Trials, litigation, etc
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| SUBJECT |
Weatherford, William, approximately 1780-1824 fast |
| Subject |
Conflict of laws -- Domestic relations -- Alabama -- History -- 19th century -- Cases
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Creek Indians -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Alabama -- Cases
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Creek Indians -- Marriage customs and rites -- History -- 19th century
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Inheritance and succession -- Alabama -- History -- 19th century -- Cases
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LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
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Conflict of laws -- Domestic relations
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Creek Indians -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Inheritance and succession
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Alabama
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Trials, litigation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Knight, Judith
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Paredes, J. Anthony (James Anthony), 1939-
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| LC no. |
2012008890 |
| ISBN |
0817386238 |
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9780817386238 |
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