000			04142cam a2200457 i 4500
001			on1011357178
003			OCoLC
005			20240726105050.0
008			171113s2017 gaub obv s001 0 eng d
010			_z2016055423
040			_aNT _beng _erda _epn _cNT _dJSTOR _dIDEBK _dEBLCP _dOCLCA _dYDX _dOCLCQ _dMERUC _dJBG _dOCLCQ _dEZ9 _dG3B _dIGB _dSTF _dUKAHL _dOCLCQ _dUKSSU _dOCLCQ _dQGK _dOCLCQ _dOCLCA _dDST _dOCL _dOCLCO _dOCLCQ
020			_a9780820351322 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
043			_an-us-tx
050	0	4	_aKFT1611 _b.S538 2017
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aGillmer, Jason A., _e1
245	1	0	_aSlavery and freedom in Texas : _bstories from the courtroom, 1821-1871 / _cJason A. Gillmer.
260			_aAthens : _bThe University of Georgia Press, _c(c)2017.
300			_a1 online resource (xvii, 245 pages) : _bmaps
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
490	1		_aSouthern legal studies
504			_a2
505	0	0	_aCover -- _tHalf Title -- _tTitle -- _tCopyright -- _tDedication -- _tCONTENTS -- _tList of Illustrations -- _tAcknowledgments -- _tIntroduction White Slaves and Ownership Rights in Central Texas -- _tCHAPTER ONE Sex, Race, and Family on the Gulf Coast -- _tCHAPTER TWO Slave Resistance and Class Conflict in the Redlands -- _tCHAPTER THREE A Free Family of Color on the Borderland -- _tCHAPTER FOUR Lawyers and Slaves on Galveston Island -- _tCONCLUSTION Telling Stories of Slavery and Freedom -- _tNotes -- _tBibliography -- _tIndex -- _tA -- _tB -- _tC -- _tD -- _tE -- _tF -- _tG -- _tH -- _tI
505	0	0	_aJK -- _tL -- _tM -- _tN -- _tO -- _tP -- _tR -- _tS -- _tT -- _tV -- _tW
520	0		_a"[This book offers] 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 young--as rigid social orders are upset in ways that drive people into the courtroom. One case involves a settler in a rural county along the Colorado River, his thirty-year relationship with an enslaved woman, and the claims of their children as heirs. A case in East Texas arose after an owner refused to pay an overseer who had shot one of her slaves. Another case details how a free family of color carved out a life in the sparsely populated marshland of Southeast Texas, only to lose it all as waves of new settlers "civilized" the county. An enslaved woman in Galveston who was set free in her owner's will--and who got an uncommon level of support from her attorneys--is the subject of another case. In a Central Texas community, as another case recounts, citizens forced a Choctaw native into court in an effort to gain freedom for his slave, a woman who easily "passed" as white. The cases considered here include Gaines v. Thomas, Clark v. Honey, Brady v. Price, and Webster v. Heard. All of them pitted communal attitudes and values against the exigencies of daily life in an often harsh place. Here are real people in their own words, as gathered from trial records, various legal documents, and many other sources. People of many colors, from diverse backgrounds, weave their way in and out of the narratives. We come to know what mattered most to them--and where those personal concerns stood before the law."-- _cProvided by publisher
530			_a2 _ub
650		0	_aAfrican Americans _xLegal status, laws, etc. _zTexas _vCases.
650		0	_aEnslaved persons _xLegal status, laws, etc. _zTexas _vCases.
650		0	_aFreed persons _xLegal status, laws, etc. _zTexas _vCases.
650		0	_aSlaveholders _xLegal status, laws, etc. _zTexas _vCases.
650		0	_aSlavery _xLaw and legislation _zTexas _vCases.
650		0	_aTrials _zTexas.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1629118&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
942			_cOB _D _eEB _hKFT.. _m2017 _QOL _R _x _8NFIC _2LOC
994			_a92 _bNT
999			_c87883 _d87883
902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell