Double Character: Slavery and Mastery in the Antebellum Southern Courtroom by Ariela J. Gross

Double Character: Slavery and Mastery in the Antebellum Southern Courtroom

Studies in the Legal History of the South

Ariela J. Gross

276 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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This groundbreaking study of the law and culture of slavery in the antebellum Deep South takes readers into local courtrooms where people settled their civil disputes over property. Buyers sued sellers for breach of warranty when they considered s...

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