Double Character: Slavery and Mastery in the Antebellum Southern Courtroom

Double Character: Slavery and Mastery in the Antebellum Southern Courtroom

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Author/Contributor(s): Gross, Ariela J
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Date: 10/15/2006
Binding: Paperback
Condition: NEW
This groundbreaking study of the law and culture of slavery in the antebellum Deep South combines methods of cultural anthropology, quantitative social history, and critical race theory to reveal the law as a dramatic ritual in people's daily lives and to advance critical historical debates about law, honor, and commerce in the American South.