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Black Litigants in the Antebellum American South (The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture) Paperback – Illustrated, February 1, 2020

by Kimberly M. Welch (Author)
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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.
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    The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture
  2. Print length
    328 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    The University of North Carolina Press
  5. Publication date
    February 1, 2020
  6. Dimensions
    6.12 x 0.73 x 9.25 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    1469636433
  8. ISBN-13
    978-1469659152
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A remarkably well-researched and truly startling history.--Journal of American History



Anyone who reads Welch's work will be richly rewarded." --Canadian Journal of History



…impressively researched study…Welch's work has important implications for historians of African American history in the antebellum South but also for scholars of Reconstruction and Black legal activism in later periods." – The Journal of African American History



A groundbreaking book that significantly refashions conventional understandings of African Americans' use of the law in the antebellum South." --American Nineteenth Century History

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Black Litigants in the Antebellum American Southchallenges our understandings of the relationship between black people and the law in the antebellum South. Welch gives us a more complete picture of the black legal experience in civil--not criminal--litigation, where property rights precede and function as civil rights in the 1800s. Building on the strength of new approaches to the litigiousness and advocacy among peoples of African descent, Welch has written a deeply researched book that will engage scholars across the Americas.--Michelle McKinley, University of Oregon

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1469659158
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ The University of North Carolina Press; Illustrated edition (February 1, 2020)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 328 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1469636433
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1469659152
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.12 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.12 x 0.73 x 9.25 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.7 3.7 out of 5 stars 6 ratings

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