Everyday Crimes : : Social Violence and Civil Rights in Early America /

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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
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Ryan, Kelly A.,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2019]
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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

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