A Terrible Intimacy explores the courtroom dramas and human contradictions of slavery-era America

“A Terrible Intimacy: Interracial Life in the Slaveholding South” by Melvin Patrick Ely, c.2026, Henry Holt, $31.99, 368 pages Time served. If you’ve ever faced a judge in a courtroom, that can be good to hear. A few hours in a concrete room, maybe an uncomfortable overnight, done. It’s not fun, it might be embarrassing, […]

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May 10, 2026 - 13:37
A Terrible Intimacy explores the courtroom dramas and human contradictions of slavery-era America
“A Terrible Intimacy: Interracial Life in the Slaveholding South” by Melvin Patrick Ely, c.2026, Henry Holt, $31.99, 368 pages Time served. If you’ve ever faced a judge in a courtroom, that can be good to hear. A few hours in a concrete room, maybe an uncomfortable overnight, done. It’s not fun, it might be embarrassing, […]
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