Local Matters : Race, Crime and Justice in the Nineteenth-Century South.
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TextSeries: Studies in the Legal History of the SouthPublisher: Athens : University of Georgia Press, 2001Copyright date: ©2001Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (282 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 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
- 342.75/087
- KF4545.S5 -- L63 2001eb
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.
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