Sold Out
Book Categories |
For many of the forty years of her life as a slave, Azeline Hearne cohabitated with her wealthy, unmarried master, Samuel R. Hearne. She bore him four children, only one of whom survived past early childhood. When Sam died shortly after the Civil War ended, he publicly acknowledged his relationship with Azeline and bequeathed his entire estate to their twenty-year-old mulatto son, with the provision that he take care of his mother. When their son died early in 1868, Azeline inherited one of the most profitable cotton plantations in Texas and became one of the wealthiest ex-slaves in the former Confederacy. In Counterfeit Justice, Dale Baum traces Azeline's remarkable story, detailing her ongoing legal battles to claim and maintain her legacy. Due to gaps in the available historical record and the unreliability of secondary accounts based on local Reconstruction folklore, many of the details of Azeline's story are lost to history. But Baum grounds his speculation about her life in recent scholarship on the Reconstruction era, and he puts his findings in context in the history of Robertson County. Although history has not credited Azeline Hearne with influencing the course of the law, the story of her uniquely difficult position after the Civil War gives an unprecedented view of the era, and of one solitary woman's attempt to negotiate its social and legal complexities in her struggle to find justice.
Login|Complaints|Blog|Games|Digital Media|Souls|Obituary|Contact Us|FAQ
CAN'T FIND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? CLICK HERE!!! X
You must be logged in to add to WishlistX
This item is in your Wish ListX
This item is in your CollectionCounterfeit Justice: The Judicial Odyssey of Texas Freedwoman Azeline Hearne
X
This Item is in Your InventoryCounterfeit Justice: The Judicial Odyssey of Texas Freedwoman Azeline Hearne
X
You must be logged in to review the productsX
X
X
Add Counterfeit Justice: The Judicial Odyssey of Texas Freedwoman Azeline Hearne, For many of the forty years of her life as a slave, Azeline Hearne cohabitated with her wealthy, unmarried master, Samuel R. Hearne. She bore him four children, only one of whom survived past early childhood. When Sam died shortly after the Civil War ende, Counterfeit Justice: The Judicial Odyssey of Texas Freedwoman Azeline Hearne to the inventory that you are selling on WonderClubX
X
Add Counterfeit Justice: The Judicial Odyssey of Texas Freedwoman Azeline Hearne, For many of the forty years of her life as a slave, Azeline Hearne cohabitated with her wealthy, unmarried master, Samuel R. Hearne. She bore him four children, only one of whom survived past early childhood. When Sam died shortly after the Civil War ende, Counterfeit Justice: The Judicial Odyssey of Texas Freedwoman Azeline Hearne to your collection on WonderClub |