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Black Litigants in the Antebellum American South

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...

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Autore principale: Welch, Kimberly M.
Natura: Online
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: The University of North Carolina Press 2025
Soggetti:
Black litigants
free black litigants
enslaved litigants
American legal history
slavery in Louisiana
slavery in Mississippi
African Americans and the courts
African Americans and the law
African Americans and the civil courts
free blacks and property rights
slaves and freedom suits
Natchez district
lower Mississippi Valley
claims-making of African Americans
long civil rights movement
property rights as civil rights
black citizenship
race and law
black legal culture
legal culture of the American South
slavery and the law
William Johnson
the Belly family
Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana
Iberville Parish, Louisiana
Adams County, Mississippi
Claiborne County, Mississippi
Natchez, Mississippi
civic inclusion
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSL Ethnic studies
thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNA Legal systems: general::LNAC Legal systems: civil procedure, litigation and dispute resolution
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHK History of the Americas
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