04005nam 2200769Ia 450 991081262880332120200520144314.01-139-36619-X1-107-23067-51-280-87799-51-139-37875-997866137193001-139-08415-11-139-37589-X1-139-38018-41-139-37190-81-139-37732-9(CKB)2670000000209346(EBL)880660(OCoLC)798613263(SSID)ssj0000678065(PQKBManifestationID)11368282(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000678065(PQKBWorkID)10698134(PQKB)10954407(UkCbUP)CR9781139084154(MiAaPQ)EBC880660(Au-PeEL)EBL880660(CaPaEBR)ebr10574292(CaONFJC)MIL371930(EXLCZ)99267000000020934620110927d2012 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierJefferson's freeholders and the politics of ownership in the Old Dominion /Christopher Michael CurtisNew York Cambridge University Press20121 online resource (xiii, 255 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Cambridge studies on the American SouthTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).1-107-63967-0 1-107-01740-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.The tragedy of ownership -- Taking notice of an error -- The chosen people of God -- An invidious and anti-Republican test -- Can these be the sons of their fathers? -- Doubt seems to have arisen -- A new system of jurisprudence -- The reaction against allodial ownership.Jefferson's Freeholders and the Politics of Ownership in the Old Dominion explores the historical processes by which Virginia was transformed from a British colony into a Southern slave state. It focuses on changing conceptualizations of ownership and emphasizes the persistent influence of the English common law on Virginia's postcolonial political culture. The book explains how the traditional characteristics of land tenure became subverted by the dynamic contractual relations of a commercial economy and assesses the political consequences of the law reforms that were necessitated by these developments. Nineteenth-century reforms seeking to reconcile the common law with modern commercial practices embraced new democratic expressions about the economic and political power of labor, and thereby encouraged the idea that slavery was an essential element in sustaining republican government in Virginia. By the 1850s, the ownership of human property had replaced the ownership of land as the distinguishing basis for political power, with tragic consequences for the Old Dominion.Cambridge studies on the American South.SlaveholdersPolitical activityVirginiaHistory19th centuryLand tenurePolitical aspectsVirginiaHistory19th centuryCommon lawVirginiaHistory19th centurySlaveryPolitical aspectsVirginiaHistory19th centuryVirginiaPolitics and government1775-1865VirginiaEconomic conditions19th centurySlaveholdersPolitical activityHistoryLand tenurePolitical aspectsHistoryCommon lawHistorySlaveryPolitical aspectsHistory975.5/03Curtis Christopher Michael1722298MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812628803321Jefferson's freeholders and the politics of ownership in the Old Dominion4122548UNINA