Counterfeit justice
Subtitle: the judicial odyssey of Texas freedwoman Azeline Hearne
By: Dale Baum.
Series: Conflicting worlds : new dimensions of the American Civil War
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Baton Rouge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780807134054
Subjects: Hearne, Azeline; African American women -- Texas -- Robertson County -- Biography; Freedmen -- Texas -- Robertson County -- Biography; African Americans -- Texas -- Robertson County -- Biography; African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Texas -- Robertson County -- History -- 19th century; African Americans -- Land tenure -- Texas -- Robertson County -- History -- 19th century; Land grants -- Texas -- Robertson County -- History -- 19th century; Robertson County (Tex.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century; Robertson County (Tex.) -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: No place for a white man to live; title: Thar am no parties on marster's plantation; title: A supposed or pretended will; title: Unheard of in any system of procedure; title: A most wanton violation of private rights; title: It seems mighty queer to me, lawyer; title: Endeavoring to wrong, cheat, and defraud her; title: The old house hasn't killed you yet; title: Divested by the courts; title: Appendix: Timeline of major legal events.