Bridging Revolutions: The Lives of Chief Justices Richmond Pearson and John Belton O'Neall

by Joseph a Ranney

Book Overview

Bridging Revolutions examines the lives of North Carolina chief justice Richmond Pearson (1805-1878) and South Carolina chief justice John Belton O'Neall (1793-1863) and their impact on the South's transition from a slave to a free society. Joseph A. Ranney documents how the two judges fought to preserve the Union and protect basic civil rights for both white and Black southerners before and after the Civil War.

Pearson's and O'Neall's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820369829
• ISBN13: 9780820369822
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 292 Pages