Black Litigants in the Antebellum American South

In the antebellum Natchez district, in the heart of slave country, black people sued white people in...
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Author: Kimberly M. Welch
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Language: English
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Black Litigants in the Antebellum American South by Welch, Kimberly M.

Black Litigants in the Antebellum American South

BD$73.26

Black Litigants in the Antebellum American South

BD$73.26
Author: Kimberly M. Welch
Format: Paperback
Language: English
In the antebellum Natchez district, in the heart of slave country, black people sued white people in all-white courtrooms. They sued to enforce the terms of their contracts, recover unpaid debts, recuperate back wages, and claim damages for assault. They sued in conflicts over property and personal status. And they often won. 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.

To understand their success, Welch argues that we must understand the language that they used--the language of property, in particular--to make their claims recognizable and persuasive to others and to link their status as owner to the ideal of a free, autonomous citizen. In telling their stories, Welch reveals a previously unknown world of black legal activity, one that is consequential for understanding the long history of race, rights, and civic inclusion in America.



Author: Kimberly M. Welch
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 02/01/2020
Pages: 328
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.73d
ISBN: 9781469659152

About the Author
Welch, Kimberly M.: - Kimberly M. Welch is assistant professor of history and law at Vanderbilt University.

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