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

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Criminal Injustice: Slaves and Free Blacks in Georgia?s Criminal Justice System is the most comprehensive study of the criminal justice system of a slave state to date. McNair traces the evolution of Georgia?s legal culture by examining its use of slave codes and slave patrols, as well as presenting...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McNair, Glenn, 1962-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2009.
Colección:Carter G. Woodson Institute series.
Temas:
1700 - 1899
Criminal justice, Administration of > Georgia > History > 18th century.
Criminal justice, Administration of > Georgia > History > 19th century.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration > Georgia > History.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > Georgia > History > 18th century.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > Georgia > History > 19th century.
Enslaved persons > Legal status, laws, etc. > Georgia > History.
Free African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > Georgia > History.
Crime and race > Georgia > History.
Discrimination dans l'administration de la justice pénale > Géorgie (État) > Histoire.
Criminalité et race > Géorgie (État) > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc.
Crime and race
Criminal justice, Administration of
Discrimination in criminal justice administration
Race relations
Enslaved persons > Legal status, laws, etc.
Rassendiskriminierung
Ethnische Beziehungen
Sklave
Strafjustiz
Georgia > Race relations > History > 18th century.
Georgia > Race relations > History > 19th century.
Géorgie (État) > Relations raciales > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Géorgie (État) > Relations raciales > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Georgia
Schwärze
Georgia.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "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.

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