Property rites : the Rhinelander trial, passing, and the protection of whiteness / Elizabeth M. Smith-Pryor

Author:: Smith-Pryor, Elizabeth M.
Published:: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2009]
[Getzville, New York] : William S. Hein & Company, [2016]
Physical Description:: 1 online resource (xiii, 391 pages) : illustrations

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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.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-372) and index.

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