Legal History of the Color Line: The Rise and Triumph of the One-drop Rule
- ISBN-10
- 0939479230
- ISBN-13
- 9780939479238
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 540
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Backintyme
- Author
- Frank W. Sweet
Description
This analysis of the nearly 300 appealed court cases that decided the "race" of individual Americans may be the most thorough study of the legal history of the U.S. color line yet published.
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