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Property rites : the Rhinelander trial, passing, and the protection of whiteness /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith-Pryor, Elizabeth M. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2009]
Series:UNC Press law publications.
Slavery in America and the world: history, culture & law.
New York legal research library.
World trials library.
Subjects:
Rhinelander, Leonard Kip > Trials, litigation, etc.
Jones, Alice Beatrice > Trials, litigation, etc.
Trials (Divorce) > New York (State) > Westchester County.
Marriage > Annulment > New York (State) > Westchester County.
Interracial marriage > New York (State) > Westchester County.
Scandals > New York (State) > Westchester County.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Curious acts
  • "All mixed up" in New York
  • The trial begins
  • Passing and the "seemingly absurd question" of race
  • Defending the citadel of whiteness from the "awful stain"
  • The trial continues : degeneracy, modern love, and "filthy letters"
  • "Poor little cupid" and the marriage contract
  • Blind love and the visibility of race
  • The trial ends.