This book revisits six notorious incidents that occasioned vigorous debate in London's courtrooms, streets and presses. Each case adjudicated the presence of outsiders in London - from Jews and Gypsies to Africans and Catholics. -- .
This book revisits six notorious incidents that occasioned vigorous debate in London's courtrooms, streets and presses. Each case adjudicated the presence of outsiders in London - from Jews and Gypsies to Africans and Catholics. -- .
Dana Y. Rabin is Associate Professor of History at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
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Introduction: Empire and law 'Firmly united by the circle of the British diadem' 1 Internal others: Jews Gypsies and Jacobites 2 'In a country of liberty?':Sslavery villeinage and the making of whiteness in the Somerset case (1772) 3 Imperial disruptions: City nation and empire in the Gordon Riots 4 'This fleet is not yet republican': Conceptions of law in the mutinies of 1797 5 Wedding and Bedding: making the Union with Ireland 1800 Conclusion Select bibliography Index
Introduction: Empire and law 'Firmly united by the circle of the British diadem' 1 Internal others: Jews Gypsies and Jacobites 2 'In a country of liberty?':Sslavery villeinage and the making of whiteness in the Somerset case (1772) 3 Imperial disruptions: City nation and empire in the Gordon Riots 4 'This fleet is not yet republican': Conceptions of law in the mutinies of 1797 5 Wedding and Bedding: making the Union with Ireland 1800 Conclusion Select bibliography Index
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