Race and the Law in South Carolina: From Slavery to Jim Crow

by John Wertheimer

Book Overview

This first title in the "Law, Literature & Culture" series uses six legal disputes from the South Carolina courts to illuminate the complex legal history of race in the U.S. South from slavery through Jim Crow. The first two cases--one criminal, one civil--both illuminate the extreme oppressiveness of slavery. The third explores labor relations between newly emancipated Black agricultural workers and white landowners during Reconstruction. The remaining...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1943208328
• ISBN13: 9781943208326
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: Amherst College
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"