Description
| Product ID: | 9781469659152 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture |
| Title: | Black Litigants in the Antebellum American South |
| Authors: | Author: Kimberly M. Welch |
| Page Count: | 328 |
| Subjects: | Slavery and abolition of slavery, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Ethnic studies, Law and society, sociology of law, Legal history, Black & Asian studies, Law & society, Legal history, Louisiana, Mississippi, c 1700 to c 1800 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Based on new research conducted in courthouse basements and storage sheds in rural Mississippi and Louisiana, Kimberly Welch draws on over 1,000 examples of free and enslaved black litigants who used the courts to protect their interests and reconfigure their place in a tense society. |
| Imprint Name: | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Publisher Name: | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-02-28 |
