Property rites : the Rhinelander trial, passing, and the protection of whiteness

Property rites : the Rhinelander trial, passing, and the protection of whiteness /

In 1925 Leonard Rhinelander, the youngest son of a wealthy New York society family, sued to end his marriage to Alice Jones, a former domestic servant and the daughter of a "colored" cabman. After being married only one month, Rhinelander pressed for the dissolution of his marriage on the...

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Main Author: Smith-Pryor, Elizabeth M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2009]
Subjects:
Rhinelander, Leonard Kip > Trials, litigation, etc.
Jones, Alice Beatrice > Trials, litigation, etc.
Trials (Divorce) > New York (State) > Westchester County.
Marriage > Annulment > New York (State) > Westchester County.
Interracial marriage > New York (State) > Westchester County.
Scandals > New York (State) > Westchester County.
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Trial and arbitral proceedings.
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