Criminal injustice slaves and free Blacks in Georgia's criminal justice system /

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Autor Principal: McNair, Glenn, 1962-
Autor Corporativo: ebrary, Inc
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:inglés
Publicado: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2009.
Series:Carter G. Woodson Institute series.
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Table of Contents:
  • "My Lord, they are stark mad after Negroes" : slavery and the corruption of Georgia's legal culture
  • "For the better ordering and governing Negroes" : Blacks and the law
  • "Negroes might cut the throats of our people" : Black crime and its causes
  • "Some convenient method and form of tryal" : the trial process
  • "The slave should look to his master and the courts to avenge his wrongs" : the appellate process
  • "May the Lord have mercy on his soul" : punishment.