Patricia A Reid
Biographic Data
| ID | 5202229 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Patricia A Reid |
| GIVEN NAMES | Patricia A |
| FAMILY NAME | Reid |
| SIGNATURE | REID P A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Dayton |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Stealing Freedom Along the Mason-Dixon Line
Milt Diggins’ empirical research on slave catcher/kidnapper Thomas McCreary purports to tell us about the life and escapades of a “notorious,” and, from the enslaved person’s point of view, nefarious individual, who gained a reputation by capturing and imprisoning enslaved individuals who fled bondage to find freedom in northern free communities as the sectional crisis began to escalate on the borderlands between Maryland and Pennsylvania. Much o…
The Legal Construction of Whiteness and Citizenship in Maryland, 1780–1820
In the years before the Missouri Compromise, petitioners who won their freedom suits based upon their ancestral links to white women, with land, could participate in the body politic. However, as Maryland legislators began to identify with the plantation south, they invented a legal understanding that would deny ambiguously freed blacks freedom, and justices would re-invent proslavery jurispudence, using the attachment clause, which would remand …
Margaret Morgan's Story
This article goes beyond previous interpretations of the Prigg v. Pennsylvania opinion by focusing on the historical circumstances and lived experiences of Margaret Morgan and her family and other African Americans who lived along the Mason–Dixon line. By examining the ambiguity of slavery and freedom as revealed in Margaret Morgan's status in Maryland and in Pennsylvania, as well as looking closely at the development of case law in both states, …
The Haitian Revolution, Black Petitioners and Refugee Widows in Maryland, 1796–1820
The Haitian Revolution, Black Petitioners and Refugee Widows in Maryland, 1796–1820 Get access Patricia A. Reid, Ph.D. Patricia A. Reid, Ph.D. Assistant Professor *University of Dayton in Dayton, OH. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 50, Issue 4, October 2010, Pages 431–452, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajlh/50.4.431 Published: 01 October 2010
The Haitian Revolution, Black Petitioners and Refugee Widows in Maryland, 1796–1820
The Haitian Revolution, Black Petitioners and Refugee Widows in Maryland, 1796–1820 Get access Patricia A. Reid, Ph.D. Patricia A. Reid, Ph.D. Assistant Professor *University of Dayton in Dayton, OH. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 50, Issue 4, October 2010, Pages 431–452, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajlh/50.4.431 Published: 01 October 2010
The Haitian Revolution, Black Petitioners and Refugee Widows in Maryland, 1796–1820
The Haitian Revolution, Black Petitioners and Refugee Widows in Maryland, 1796–1820 Get access Patricia A. Reid, Ph.D. Patricia A. Reid, Ph.D. Assistant Professor *University of Dayton in Dayton, OH. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 50, Issue 4, October 2010, Pages 431–452, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajlh/50.4.431 Published: 01 October 2010
Margaret Morgan's Story
This article goes beyond previous interpretations of the Prigg v. Pennsylvania opinion by focusing on the historical circumstances and lived experiences of Margaret Morgan and her family and other African Americans who lived along the Mason–Dixon line. By examining the ambiguity of slavery and freedom as revealed in Margaret Morgan's status in Maryland and in Pennsylvania, as well as looking closely at the development of case law in both states, …
The Legal Construction of Whiteness and Citizenship in Maryland, 1780–1820
In the years before the Missouri Compromise, petitioners who won their freedom suits based upon their ancestral links to white women, with land, could participate in the body politic. However, as Maryland legislators began to identify with the plantation south, they invented a legal understanding that would deny ambiguously freed blacks freedom, and justices would re-invent proslavery jurispudence, using the attachment clause, which would remand …
Stealing Freedom Along the Mason-Dixon Line
Milt Diggins’ empirical research on slave catcher/kidnapper Thomas McCreary purports to tell us about the life and escapades of a “notorious,” and, from the enslaved person’s point of view, nefarious individual, who gained a reputation by capturing and imprisoning enslaved individuals who fled bondage to find freedom in northern free communities as the sectional crisis began to escalate on the borderlands between Maryland and Pennsylvania. Much o…
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