Fathers of conscience
Subtitle: mixed-race inheritance in the antebellum South
By: Bernie D. Jones.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Athens
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
ISBN-13: 9780820329802; 9780820332512
Subjects: Racially mixed people -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century; Illegitimate children -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century; Women slaves -- 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; Slaves -- Family relationships -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century; Social classes -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century; Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century
Genres: Cases.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Inheritance rights in the antebellum South; title: Righteous fathers, vulnerable old men, and degraded creatures; title: Slavery, freedom, and the rule of law; title: Justice and mercy in the Kentucky Court of Appeals; title: Circling the wagons and clamping down : the Mississippi High Court of Errors and Appeals; title: The people of Barnwell against the Supreme Court of South Carolina : the case of Elijah Willis; title: Conclusion: The law's paradox of property and power : the significance of geography; title: Appendix one: Case indexes; title: Appendix two: Opinions on the emancipation of slaves during George Robertson's tenure as chief justice; title: Appendix three: Supplementary information regarding Willis v. Jolliffe.