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6 - Sisters in Law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 January 2020

Carolyn Steedman
Carolyn Steedman
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University of Warwick
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Chapter 6 uses the fictional working-class Jemima’s account of the poor laws and the laws of settlement and removal to discuss a series of cases involving poor and pauper women in interaction with the law. Material is drawn from magistrates’ proceedings and from the records of the court of King’s Bench, where some of the cases, including that of the slave servant Charlotte Howe, were sent on appeal. The judges’ (including William Blackstone and chief justice Mansfield) attitudes towards the poor laws are discussed.

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working womenPoor LawsettlementmagistratesWilliam Mansfieldslavery
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History and the Law
A Love Story
 , pp. 130 - 161
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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  • Sisters in Law
  • Carolyn Steedman, University of Warwick
  • Book: History and the Law
  • Online publication: 16 January 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108623506.006
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  • Sisters in Law
  • Carolyn Steedman, University of Warwick
  • Book: History and the Law
  • Online publication: 16 January 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108623506.006
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  • Sisters in Law
  • Carolyn Steedman, University of Warwick
  • Book: History and the Law
  • Online publication: 16 January 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108623506.006
Available formats
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