Washitaw de Dugdahmoundyah: Counterfactual Religious Readings of the Law
African American members of the Washitaw de Dugdahmoundyah religious movement claim to be legal heirs to the land annexed by the United States in the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. The Washitaw frame and advance this claim via legal discourse based upon counterfactual religious readings of the law, whi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Californiarnia Press
2015
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Nova religio
Year: 2015, Volume: 19, Issue: 2, Pages: 65-82 |
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Marquis de Maison Rouge
B Return of the Ancient Ones B Louisiana Purchase B Law B United States v. Henry Turner’s Heirs B African American religions B Verdiacee Goston B sovereign citizen B Washitaw B Poverty Point |
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| Summary: | African American members of the Washitaw de Dugdahmoundyah religious movement claim to be legal heirs to the land annexed by the United States in the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. The Washitaw frame and advance this claim via legal discourse based upon counterfactual religious readings of the law, which they take to be universal, authoritative, and efficacious. The latter view, shared by various related communities, draws further validation from even negative encounters with the legal establishment. This article examines the Washitaw movement’s legal interpretations, particularly in the movement’s foundational text, Return of the Ancient Ones, and the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Henry Turner’s Heirs. |
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| ISSN: | 1541-8480 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Nova religio
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1525/nr.2015.19.2.65 |