Criminal injustice : slaves and free Blacks in Georgia's criminal justice system / / Glenn McNair
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| Autore: |
McNair Glenn <1962->
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| Titolo: |
Criminal injustice : slaves and free Blacks in Georgia's criminal justice system / / Glenn McNair
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| Pubblicazione: | Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2009 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (249 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 364.9758089/96073 |
| Soggetto topico: | Criminal justice, Administration of - Georgia - History - 18th century |
| Criminal justice, Administration of - Georgia - History - 19th century | |
| Discrimination in criminal justice administration - Georgia - History | |
| African Americans - Legal status, laws, etc - Georgia - History - 18th century | |
| African Americans - Legal status, laws, etc - Georgia - History - 19th century | |
| Enslaved persons - Legal status, laws, etc - Georgia - History | |
| Free African Americans - Legal status, laws, etc - Georgia - History | |
| Crime and race - Georgia - History | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Georgia Race relations History 18th century |
| Georgia Race relations History 19th century | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | "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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Criminal Injustice shows how the prerogatives of slavery and white racial domination trumped any hope for legal justice for blacks. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Criminal injustice |
| ISBN: | 1-280-49017-9 |
| 9786613585400 | |
| 0-8139-2983-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910819004003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Carter G. Woodson Institute series.