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Criminal Injustice : Slaves and Free Blacks in Georgia's Criminal Justice System.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Carter G. Woodson Institute SeriesPublisher: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (249 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780813929835
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Criminal InjusticeDDC classification:
  • 364.9758089/96073
LOC classification:
  • HV9955.G4 -- M36 2009eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: Criminal Injustice shows how the prerogatives of slavery and white racial domination trumped any hope for legal justice for blacks.
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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.

Criminal Injustice shows how the prerogatives of slavery and white racial domination trumped any hope for legal justice for blacks.

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