TY  - BOOK
AU  - McNair,Glenn
TI  - Criminal Injustice: Slaves and Free Blacks in Georgia's Criminal Justice System
T2  - Carter G. Woodson Institute Series
SN  - 9780813929835
AV  - HV9955.G4 -- M36 2009eb 
U1  - 364.9758089/96073 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Charlottesville
PB  - University of Virginia Press
KW  - Criminal justice, Administration of -- Georgia -- History -- 18th century
KW  - Criminal justice, Administration of -- Georgia -- History -- 19th century
KW  - Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Georgia -- History
KW  - African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Georgia -- History -- 18th century
KW  - African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Georgia -- History -- 19th century
KW  - Slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Georgia -- History
KW  - Free African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Georgia -- History
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Methodology -- Introduction -- 1 "MY LORD THEY ARE STARK MAD AFTER NEGROES": Slavery and the Corruption of Georgia's Legal Culture -- 2 "FOR THE BETTER ORDERING AND GOVERNING NEGROES": Blacks and the Law -- 3 "NEGROES MIGHT CUT THE THROATS OF OUR PEOPLE": Black Crime and Its Causes -- 4 "SOME CONVENIENT METHOD AND FORM OF TRYAL": The Trial Process -- 5 "THE SLAVE SHOULD LOOK TO HIS MASTER AND THE COURTS TO AVENGE HIS WRONGS": The Appellate Process -- 6 "MAY THE LORD HAVE MERCY ON HIS SOUL": Punishment -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y
N2  - Criminal Injustice shows how the prerogatives of slavery and white racial domination trumped any hope for legal justice for blacks
UR  - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3443936
ER  -