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Item Information   Holdings                 Summary       More by this author     Welch, Kimberly M., author.     Subjects     African Americans -- Louisiana -- History -- To 1863.     African Americans -- Mississippi -- History -- To 1863.     African Americans -- Louisiana -- Social conditions -- 19th century.     African Americans -- Mississippi -- Social conditions -- 19th century.     Actions and defenses -- Louisiana.     Actions and defenses -- Mississippi.     Electronic books.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Welch, Kimberly M., author.       by title:      Black litigants in t...         MARC Display

Black litigants in the antebellum American South [electronic resource] / Kimberly M. Welch. by Welch, Kimberly M., author. Subjects African Americans -- Louisiana -- History -- To 1863.   African Americans -- Mississippi -- History -- To 1863.   African Americans -- Louisiana -- Social conditions -- 19th century.   African Americans -- Mississippi -- Social conditions -- 19th century.   Actions and defenses -- Louisiana.   Actions and defenses -- Mississippi.   Electronic books. Publisher Info:  [United States] : The University of North Carolina Press, 2018. Made available through hoopla Description:  1 online resource RDA Types:  text computer online resource Digital File Characteristics:  text file ISBN:  9781469636450 (electronic bk.) 146963645X (electronic bk.) Format Book:  Summary:  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. URL:  https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12045480 Instantly available on hoopla. Cover image https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/csp_9781469636450_180.jpeg No. of Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Status   Marion Public Library Hoopla Downloadable Digital Download Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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