Local Matters : Race, Crime and Justice in the Nineteenth-Century South.
Waldrep, Christopher.
Local Matters : Race, Crime and Justice in the Nineteenth-Century South. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (282 pages) - Studies in the Legal History of the South . - Studies in the Legal History of the South .
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Judging Slavery: Thomas Ruffin and State v. Mann -- The Roots of Fairness: State v. Caesar and Slave Justice in Antebellum North Carolina -- Slaves and Crime: New Orleans, 1846-1862 -- The Law and the Culture of Slavery: Natchez, Mississippi -- Women and the Law: Domestic Discord in North Carolina After the Civil War -- Extralegal Violence and the Planter Class: The Ku Klux Klan in the Alabama Black Belt During Reconstruction -- Federal Enforcement of Black Rights in the Post-Redemption South: The Ellenton Riot Case -- African American Communities, Politics, and Justice: Washington County, Texas, 1865-1890 -- Black Political Leadership: Warren County, Mississippi -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
9780820342054
Slavery -- Law and legislation -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Discrimination in justice administration -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
African American criminals -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
Electronic books.
KF4545.S5 -- L63 2001eb
342.75/087
Local Matters : Race, Crime and Justice in the Nineteenth-Century South. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (282 pages) - Studies in the Legal History of the South . - Studies in the Legal History of the South .
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Judging Slavery: Thomas Ruffin and State v. Mann -- The Roots of Fairness: State v. Caesar and Slave Justice in Antebellum North Carolina -- Slaves and Crime: New Orleans, 1846-1862 -- The Law and the Culture of Slavery: Natchez, Mississippi -- Women and the Law: Domestic Discord in North Carolina After the Civil War -- Extralegal Violence and the Planter Class: The Ku Klux Klan in the Alabama Black Belt During Reconstruction -- Federal Enforcement of Black Rights in the Post-Redemption South: The Ellenton Riot Case -- African American Communities, Politics, and Justice: Washington County, Texas, 1865-1890 -- Black Political Leadership: Warren County, Mississippi -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
9780820342054
Slavery -- Law and legislation -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Discrimination in justice administration -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
African American criminals -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
Electronic books.
KF4545.S5 -- L63 2001eb
342.75/087