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

Published Athens : University of Georgia Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 197 pages) : illustrations Series Studies in the legal history of the South Studies in the legal history of the South 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 Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-182) and index Notes Print version record Subject 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 White people -- Family relationships -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century LAW -- Constitutional. LAW -- Public. HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century. Illegitimate children -- Legal status, laws, etc. Inheritance and succession -- Social aspects Race relations Enslaved persons -- Family relationships Social classes Wills Ethnische Beziehungen Rassenmischung Sklaverei Nichteheliches Kind SUBJECT Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century Subject Southern States USA -- Südstaaten Genre/Form History Trials, litigation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780820342306 0820342300

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