The great catastrophe of my life : divorce in the Old Dominion /

From the end of the Revolution until 1851, the Virginia legislature granted most divorces in the state. It did so rarely, however, turning down two-thirds of those who petitioned for them. Men and women who sought release from unhappy marriages faced a harsh legal system buttressed by the political,...

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Main Author:	Buckley, Thomas E., 1939-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2002 Chapel Hill, NC : [2002], ©2002 Chapel Hill, NC : c2002 Chapel Hill, NC : [2002]
Series:	Studies in legal history Studies in legal history
Subjects:	1800 - 1899 1800-1899 19th century Divorce > Law and legislation > Virginia > History > 19th century Divorce > Virginia > History > 19th century Marital conflict > Virginia > History > 19th century Divorce Divorce > Law and legislation History Marital conflict Social conditions Social history Virginia > Social conditions > 19th century Virginia

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