Litigating Whiteness: Trials of Racial Determination in the Nineteenth-Century South
Litigating Whiteness: Trials of Racial Determination in the Nineteenth-Century South Ariela J. Grosst CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................... 111 II. THE SHIFTING ESSENCES OF RACE IN THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY SOUTH ................................................................................................. 123 A . Racial Knowledge ........................................................................ 124 B. Evidence and Essences ................................................................. 132 1. A bby Guy ............................................................................... 133 2. Race as Physical Marker....................................................... 137 3. Race as Documented Ancestry ............................................... 141 4. Race as Ascriptive Identity: Reputation, Associations, and Reception in Society ............................................................... 147 5. The Rise of Race as Science and Performance...................... 151 IH. PERFORMING WHITENESS ................................................................... 156 t Associate Professor of Law, University of Southern California. I am indebted to Scott Altman, Jody Armour, Jacob Cogan, David Cruz, Mary Dudziak, Karen Dunn-Haley, Laura Edwards, Harry Elam, George Fredrickson, Ron Garet, Jon Goldman, Bob Gordon, Tom Green, Janet Halley, Leslie Harris, Hendrik Hartog, Greg Keating, Bill Nelson, Peggy Pascoe, Rick Pildes, Renee Romano, Mike Shapiro, Larry Simon,
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