124th Annual Meeting (January 7-10, 2010): (Dis)Inheriting Slavery: Property, Power, and Belief in the Last Requests of Masters and Slaves

(Dis)Inheriting Slavery: Property, Power, and Belief in the Last Requests of Masters and Slaves

AHA Session 161

Saturday, January 9, 2010: 11:30 AM-1:30 PM

Molly A (Hyatt)

Chair:

Randy J. Sparks, Tulane University

Papers:

Obeying the Master: Emancipation, Property, and Religious Belief in Slave Wills on Pemba Island
Elisabeth M. McMahon, Tulane University

Dividing the Estate of Old Sam: The Informal Economy and Rules of Inheritance among South Carolina Cotton Slaves, 1830–65
Erica A. Bruchko, Emory University

“To Give and Grant Unto Mine": Examining Death, Inheritance, and Family through the Wills of Antebellum Slaveholders
Jamie A. Warren, Indiana University

Comment:

Ariela J. Gross, University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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