Counterfeit justice

Counterfeit justice

by Dale Baum

Part of Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War

2009

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"Azeline Hearne bore her master's children while a slave and in her freedom came suddenly to the brink of great wealth as a result, only to be deprived and left impoverished by fifteen years of legal machination"--Jacket.

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    How does Dale Baum use Azeline Hearne’s journey to illustrate the systemic barriers Black women faced in the post-emancipation legal system?

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    In what ways does the pursuit of wealth and property complicate the quest for true freedom and dignity for Azeline and her family?

  3. 3

    How does the historical setting of the American South shape the power dynamics between former slaveholders and newly freed individuals seeking justice?

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