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One Man And One Wife? The Legal History Of Marriage In The Culture And Courts Of America, Tyler Speer Jan 2020

One Man And One Wife? The Legal History Of Marriage In The Culture And Courts Of America, Tyler Speer

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

For my honors thesis I will be writing on the legality and shifting attitudes of marriage throughout United States history. This thesis will explore three Supreme Court cases: Davis v. Beason (1890), Loving v. Virginia (1967), and Obergefell v. Hodges (2015), which explores polygamous, interracial, and homosexual marriages respectively. The full name of my thesis is "One Man and One Wife? The Legal History of Marriage in the Culture and Courts of America." The thesis will be upwards of fourty pages in length and will examine marriage from both historical and legal lenses and will be conducted through the History …


Register Of Marriages: 1865-1867, Bureau Of Refugees, Freedmen, And Abandoned Lands Apr 2018

Register Of Marriages: 1865-1867, Bureau Of Refugees, Freedmen, And Abandoned Lands

Freedmen's Bureau: Arkansas Field Office Records

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1953-11-28, Albert To Joan, Albert J. Sedlacek Nov 1953

1953-11-28, Albert To Joan, Albert J. Sedlacek

Albert J. Sedlacek Korean War correspondence

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1953-04-28, Albert To Joan, Albert J. Sedlacek Apr 1953

1953-04-28, Albert To Joan, Albert J. Sedlacek

Albert J. Sedlacek Korean War correspondence

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1861-10-07, Nathaniel To Mariah, Nathaniel E. Douglas Oct 1861

1861-10-07, Nathaniel To Mariah, Nathaniel E. Douglas

Nathaniel E. Douglas Civil War correspondence

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