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Counterfeit justice : the judicial odyssey of Texas freedwoman Azeline Hearne /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baum, Dale, 1943-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2009]
Series:Conflicting worlds.
Subjects:
Hearne, Azeline.
Land grants > Texas > Robertson County > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Land tenure > Texas > Robertson County > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > Texas > Robertson County > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Texas > Robertson County > Biography.
Freedmen > Texas > Robertson County > Biography.
African American women > Texas > Robertson County > Biography.
Robertson County (Tex.) > Biography.
Robertson County (Tex.) > Race relations > History > 19th century.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • No place for a white man to live
  • Thar am no parties on marster's plantation
  • A supposed or pretended will
  • Unheard of in any system of procedure
  • A most wanton violation of private rights
  • It seems mighty queer to me, lawyer
  • Endeavoring to wrong, cheat, and defraud her
  • The old house hasn't killed you yet
  • Divested by the courts
  • Appendix: Timeline of major legal events.