Gross Ariela J Books
Books di Gross Ariela J
What Blood Won't Tell
Gross Ariela J.
edizioni Harvard Univ Pr collana Harvard Univ Pr (Paperback)
Is race something we know when we see it? In 1857, Alexina Morrison, a slave in Louisiana, ran away from her master and surrendered herself to the parish jail for protection. Blue-eyed and blond, Morrison successfully convinced white society that she was one of them. When she sued for her freedom, witnesses assured...
Double Character
Gross Ariela J.
edizioni Univ of Georgia Pr collana Univ of Georgia Pr (Paperback)
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 slaves to be physically or morally defective; owners sued supervisors...
What Blood Won't Tell
Gross Ariela J.
edizioni Harvard Univ Pr collana Harvard Univ Pr (Hardcover)
Is race something we know when we see it? In 1857, Alexina Morrison, a slave in Louisiana, ran away from her master and surrendered herself to the parish jail for protection. Blue-eyed and blond, Morrison successfully convinced white society that she was one of them. When she sued for her freedom, witnesses assured...