"Mad" Enough to Kill: Enslaved Women, Murder, and Southern Courts

By probing into the rationales for the defendants' actions and of the men who decided their fates, this essay illuminates similarities and differences in two capital cases linking the enslaved women together through age, legal status, and "madness." Obviously, the assault was not a cl...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of African American history 2007-12, Vol.92 (1), p.37-56
1. Verfasser:	King, Wilma
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	African Americans Behavior Childbirth Children & youth Death & dying Infanticide Judicial process Murder Psychology Sexual violence Slave ownership Slavery Slaves Violence against women Women
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