Everyday Crimes : : Social Violence and Civil Rights in Early America / / Kelly A. Ryan.
The narratives of slaves, wives, and servants who resisted social and domestic violence in the nineteenth centuryIn the early nineteenth century, Peter Wheeler, a slave to Gideon Morehouse in New York, protested, “Master, I won’t stand this,” after Morehouse beat Wheeler’s hands with a whip. Wheeler...
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Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part I: The Colonial Era
- Chapter 1. Young Servants and Apprentices
- Chapter 2. White Wives
- Chapter 3. Slaves
- Part II: The Imperial Crisis and War
- Chapter 4. Suspicious Servants and Slaves
- Chapter 5. Questionable Loyalties
- Part III: The Early Republic
- Chapter 6. Opportunities and Setbacks
- Chapter 7. Relationship Building
- Chapter 8. Legal Strategies for Civil Rights
- Conclusion: Affecting the Government, Law, and Public Mind
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author