Concealed Weapon Laws of the Early Republic : Dueling, Southern Violence, and Moral Reform
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“Concealed Weapon Laws makes for interesting reading for anyone interested in political history of the US during the early to mid 19th century.”–
“Cramer has fashioned fairly solid explanation of the purpose of the earliest law...of concealed weapons.”–
Book Description
Cramer's work examines the motivations and legislative history behind the nation's first laws regulating the carrying of concealed deadly weapons and establishes a previously unexplored link between these laws and efforts to suppress dueling in the southern back-country. Cramer challenges the traditional attempt to explain these laws as efforts to maintain slavery and to restrict the rights of free blacks. He rejects such thinking by demonstrating that the concealed weapon laws of the early republic were not racially-motivated. He further supports the work of other scholars who have lately examined the role of Scots-Irish immigrants in creating a distinctive southern back-country culture of "honor violence" including dueling and brawling. It was the attempt to control such violence, Cramer argues, that led to the concealed weapons laws.
Concealed Weapon Laws of the Early Republic : Dueling, Southern Violence, and Moral Reform
Concealed Weapon Laws of the Early Republic : Dueling, Southern Violence, and Moral Reform,Clayton E. Cramer,Praeger Publishers,0275966151,1775-1865,19th century,Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice,Constitutional,Customs & Traditions,Firearms,General,History,Law,Law and legislation,Legal History,Legal Reference / Law Profession,Social Conflict,Social Law,Social life and customs,Southern States,United States - 19th Century,Law / Legal History
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