Criminal injustice [electronic resource] : slaves and free Blacks in Georgia's criminal justice system / Glenn McNair.
2009
HV9955.G4 M36 2009eb
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Criminal injustice [electronic resource] : slaves and free Blacks in Georgia's criminal justice system / Glenn McNair.
Author
McNair, Glenn, 1962-
ISBN
9780813927930 (alk. paper)
0813927935 (alk. paper)
9780813929835 (e-book)
0813927935 (alk. paper)
9780813929835 (e-book)
Publication Details
Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2009.
Language
English
Description
xii, 234 p.
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HV9955.G4 M36 2009eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
364.9758089/96073
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Carter G. Woodson Institute series.
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Table of Contents
"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.
"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.