Jefferson's Freeholders and the Politics of Ownership in the Old Dominion.

By: Curtis, Christopher MichaelMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge Studies on the American SouthPublisher: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Description: 1 online resource (272 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781139375894Subject(s): Common law -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century | Land tenure -- Political aspects -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century | Slaveholders -- Political activity -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century | Slavery -- Political aspects -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century | Virginia -- Economic conditions -- 19th century | Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Jefferson's Freeholders and the Politics of Ownership in the Old DominionDDC classification: 975.503 LOC classification: F230 .C87 2012Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Cover -- Jefferson's Freeholders and the Politics of Ownership in the Old Dominion -- Cambridge Studies on the American South -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART 1 RENOVATIO -- 1 Taking Notice of an Error -- "AMERICA WAS NOT CONQUERED BY WILLIAM THE NORMAN" -- "REFINED AND OPPRESSIVE CONSEQUENCES" -- CRISIS OVER LAND TENURE, 1752-1774 -- THE REFUTATION OF SOVEREIGN DOMINION -- 2 The Chosen People of God -- A PECULIARLY REMARKABLE TENURE -- THE ALLODIAL REVOLUTION -- REMOVING THE DEAD HAND -- THE BOUNDS OF OWNERSHIP -- THE ORIGINS OF REFORM -- PART 11 REFORMATIO -- 3 An Invidious and Anti-Republican Test -- "ALL OTHER REPUBLICS HAVE FAILED" -- THE MUSTER ROLL OF ISRAEL -- IMAGINARY FREEHOLDS -- COMPROMISE: SUFFRAGE AND PATERNAL AUTHORITY -- CONVERGENCE: CONSTRUCTING A NEW REPUBLICAN THEORY OF PROPERTY -- 4 Can These be the Sons of Their Fathers? -- SLAVERY, REPUBLICANISM, AND LEGAL AMBIGUITY -- PARTUS SEQUITUR VENTREM -- TWO ROADS FROM MONTICELLO -- REVIEWING THE DEBATE -- A NOTE ON BLACKSTONE'S COMMENTARIES -- 5 Doubt Seems to Have Arisen -- REPUBLICAN POLICE AND JUSTICE -- THE QUINTESSENCE OF THE FREEHOLD DIGNITY -- CESTUIS QUE USE -- JUSTICE WAS NOT FULLY RECOGNIZED IN VIRGINIA -- 6 A New System of Jurisprudence -- PUTTING THE CONSTITUTION IN HARNESS -- A MOST HUMANE PROVISION OF THE COMMON LAW -- FOR THE FURTHER PROTECTION OF MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY -- A JURISPRUDENCE OF SLAVERY -- Conclusion -- Bibliography of Primary Sources -- Index.
Summary: This book explores the processes by which Virginia was transformed from a British colony into a Southern slave state.
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Cover -- Jefferson's Freeholders and the Politics of Ownership in the Old Dominion -- Cambridge Studies on the American South -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART 1 RENOVATIO -- 1 Taking Notice of an Error -- "AMERICA WAS NOT CONQUERED BY WILLIAM THE NORMAN" -- "REFINED AND OPPRESSIVE CONSEQUENCES" -- CRISIS OVER LAND TENURE, 1752-1774 -- THE REFUTATION OF SOVEREIGN DOMINION -- 2 The Chosen People of God -- A PECULIARLY REMARKABLE TENURE -- THE ALLODIAL REVOLUTION -- REMOVING THE DEAD HAND -- THE BOUNDS OF OWNERSHIP -- THE ORIGINS OF REFORM -- PART 11 REFORMATIO -- 3 An Invidious and Anti-Republican Test -- "ALL OTHER REPUBLICS HAVE FAILED" -- THE MUSTER ROLL OF ISRAEL -- IMAGINARY FREEHOLDS -- COMPROMISE: SUFFRAGE AND PATERNAL AUTHORITY -- CONVERGENCE: CONSTRUCTING A NEW REPUBLICAN THEORY OF PROPERTY -- 4 Can These be the Sons of Their Fathers? -- SLAVERY, REPUBLICANISM, AND LEGAL AMBIGUITY -- PARTUS SEQUITUR VENTREM -- TWO ROADS FROM MONTICELLO -- REVIEWING THE DEBATE -- A NOTE ON BLACKSTONE'S COMMENTARIES -- 5 Doubt Seems to Have Arisen -- REPUBLICAN POLICE AND JUSTICE -- THE QUINTESSENCE OF THE FREEHOLD DIGNITY -- CESTUIS QUE USE -- JUSTICE WAS NOT FULLY RECOGNIZED IN VIRGINIA -- 6 A New System of Jurisprudence -- PUTTING THE CONSTITUTION IN HARNESS -- A MOST HUMANE PROVISION OF THE COMMON LAW -- FOR THE FURTHER PROTECTION OF MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY -- A JURISPRUDENCE OF SLAVERY -- Conclusion -- Bibliography of Primary Sources -- Index.

This book explores the processes by which Virginia was transformed from a British colony into a Southern slave state.

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