In nine pages the 1820s' laws of Appalachia are examined with social class separation among the topics of discussion. Six sources are cited in the bibliography.
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does so in theory due to the extraordinarily interpretive nature of judicial procedure, a reality that evaporates any semblance of equity to the notion of law. Applying this sentiment
to Appalachian laws at the turn of the nineteenth century finds the separation of social classes to be one of the most incriminating elements of fair proceedings; inasmuch as the
Celts and the English stood at odds over myriad societal issues, one of the most apparent was that of applying the law in whatever form necessary. Sharyn McCrumb, author
of The Ballad of Frankie Silver, sheds light upon this dichotomy of social treatment when she says: "As I delved deeper into the story, I began to think that
the case was really about poor people as defendants and rich people as officers of the court, about Celt versus English values in developing America, about mountain people versus the
flatlanders in any culture" (McCrumb PG). Wholly defeated by one military blunder after another as they attempted to go into combat in 1746 under the guidance of Bonnie Prince
Charlie, the remaining Scottish clan - who had not been one of the two thousand killed in battle after marching for twenty-four hours without food or rest and equipped with
rudimentary fighting equipment - set the stage for the mass movement toward America. Once there, the tension that arose between the English and the Scots/Irish could be cut with
a knife, being that the English - as they often did - sought to overpower any perceived outsiders from prevailing over what they deemed as their territory.
Like so many other groups who sought a better life, the Puritans created a new existence in America different from what they had known in England.