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Illinois Insanity (Law) Insanity (Law) United States Married women Legal status, laws, etc Mentally ill Commitment and detention Packard, E. P. W. (Elizabeth Parsons Ware) 1816-1897 Social reformers United States Women Legal status, laws, etc Women Legal status, laws, etc United StatesThomas, William G.
Summary: The story of the longest and most complex legal challenge to slavery in American history, in which a number of enslaved families challenged their bondage in court.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2020
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Summary: "1860: As the clash between the states rolls slowly to a boil, Elizabeth Packard, housewife and mother of six, is facing her own battle. The enemy sits across the table and sleeps in the next room. Threatened by Elizabeth's intellect, independence, and outspokenness, her husband of twenty-one years is plotting against her and makes a plan to put her back in her place. One summer morning, he has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2021