Double Character
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: December 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780691059570
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Black studies; Law; Slavery & emancipation; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; Law and legislation; History; United States - 19th Century; History - U.S.; Slavery; History: American; USA; Legal History; Constitutional; United States - Antebellum Era; American History; History / United States / 19th Century; Political Science and International Relations; Courts; Southern States; 19th century; Legal status, laws, etc; Legal status, laws, etc.; Slaves
First sentence: TRAVELING to Natchez, Mississippi, from the east by horse-drawn carriage in 1830, as did the "Yankee" Joseph Ingraham, one's first sight would have been "a cluster of rough wooden buildings, in the angle of two roads, in front of which several saddle-horses, either tied or held by servants, indicated a place of popular resort."