Fathers of Conscience

Fathers of Conscience
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Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Total Pages : 216
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ISBN-10 : 0820342300
ISBN-13 : 9780820342306
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Book Synopsis Fathers of Conscience by : Bernie D. Jones

Download or read book Fathers of Conscience written by Bernie D. Jones and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2011-08-15 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fathers of Conscience examines high-court decisions in the antebellum South that involved wills in which white male planters bequeathed property, freedom, or both to women of color and their mixed-race children. These men, whose wills were contested by their white relatives, had used trusts and estates law to give their slave partners and children official recognition and thus circumvent the law of slavery. The will contests that followed determined whether that elevated status would be approved or denied by courts of law. Bernie D. Jones argues that these will contests indicated a struggle within the elite over race, gender, and class issues--over questions of social mores and who was truly family. Judges thus acted as umpires after a man's death, deciding whether to permit his attempts to provide for his slave partner and family. Her analysis of these differing judicial opinions on inheritance rights for slave partners makes an important contribution to the literature on the law of slavery in the United States.


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