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Jason A. Gillmer
In these absorbing accounts of five court cases, Jason A. Gillmer offers intimate glimpses into Texas society in the time of slavery. Each story unfolds along boundaries—between men and women, slave and free, black and white, rich and poor, old and
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Jason A. Gillmer
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SSRN Electronic Journal.
In May 1852, Charles Perkins decided he wanted his slaves back. Perkins was from Mississippi, but in 1849 he caught gold fever and moved to California in search of easy fortune. When he came, like hundreds of others from the southern states, he also
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Jason A. Gillmer
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Civil War Book Review. 21
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Jason A. Gillmer
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American Journal of Legal History. 52:411-413
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Jason A. Gillmer
Publikováno v:
SSRN Electronic Journal.
This essay examines the unexplored topic of lawyers who represented slaves in the antebellum era. Drawing on a single case study, the paper recreates the story surrounding a legal dispute that arose when David Webster of Galveston, Texas, freed a sla
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Jason A. Gillmer
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SSRN Electronic Journal.
The history of interracial sex is often told from the perspective of either legislatures or lynch mobs. The approach has a certain appeal; it allows us to track the ideological currents of the dominant society, as they ebb and flow from passive accep
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Jason A. Gillmer
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Continuity and Change. 25:468-469
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Jason A. Gillmer
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Law and History Review. 28:1087-1088