{"product_id":"double-character-slavery-and-mastery-in-the-antebellum-southern-courtroom-9780691059570","title":"Double Character  Slavery and Mastery in the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA study of the day-to-day law and culture of slavery. It investigates the local courtrooms of the Deep South where ordinary people settled their disputes over slaves. It also seeks to explain how communities dealt with an important dilemma raised by these trials: how could slaves who acted as moral agents be treated as commodities?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A nuanced and elegant interpretation of antebellum Southern law.\"--Virginia Quarterly Review \"Double Character is an exemplar of how detailed research and theoretical sophistication can be combined. Few writers are as at home as Gross with handling both large databases and complex cultural theories.\"--Philip Abbott, The Historian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments ix  Introduction 3  Chapter One: Court and Market 22  Chapter Two: Honor and Dishonor 47  Chapter Three: Slaves' Character 72  Chapter Four: Masters' Character 98  Chapter Five: Body and Mind 122  Epilogue 153  Appendix: Note on Sources and Methods 159  Notes 167  Bibliography 231  Index 251","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403706376535,"sku":"9780691059570","price":82.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691059570.jpg?v=1730484305","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/double-character-slavery-and-mastery-in-the-antebellum-southern-courtroom-9780691059570","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}