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The great New Orleans kidnapping case : race, law, and juctice in the reconstruction era /
In June 1870, the residents of the city of New Orleans were already on edge when two African American women kidnapped seventeen-month-old Mollie Digby from in front of her New Orleans home. It was the height of Radical Reconstruction, and the old racial order had been turned upside down: black men n...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, New York :
Oxford University Press,
2015.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; THE GREAT NEW ORLEANS KIDNAPPING CASE: Race, Law, and Justice in the Reconstruction Era; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; Chapter One: A KIDNAPPING IN THE BACK OF TOWN; Chapter Two:DETECTIVE JOHN BAPTISTE JOURDAIN AND HIS WORLD; Chapter Three:A TRACE OF THE MISSING CHILD?; Chapter Four:A KNOCK AT THE DIGBYS' DOOR; Chapter Five:THE ARREST OF THE ALLEGED ACCESSORIES; Chapter Six:THE WOMAN IN THE SEASIDE HAT; Chapter Seven:THE RECORDER'S COURT; Chapter Eight:A HIGHLY UNUSUAL PROCEEDING; Chapter Nine:UNVEILING THE MYSTERY; Chapter Ten:THE CASE THAT "EXCITED ALL NEW ORLEANS."
- AFTERWORD AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTSNOTES; Introduction; Chapter One: A Kidnapping in the Back of Town; Chapter Two: Detective John Baptiste Jourdain and His World; Chapter Three: A Trace of the Missing Child?; Chapter Four: A Knock at the Digbys' Door; Chapter Five: The Arrest of the Alleged Accessories; Chapter Six: The Woman in the Seaside Hat; Chapter Seven: The Recorder's Court; Chapter Eight: A Highly Unusual Proceeding; Chapter Nine: Unveiling the Mystery; Chapter Ten: The Case That "Excited All New Orleans"; Afterword and Acknowledgments; INDEX.