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Criminal injustice slaves and free Blacks in Georgia's criminal justice system
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Title
Criminal injustice [electronic resource] : slaves and free Blacks in Georgia's criminal justice system / Glenn McNair.
ISBN
0813929830
9780813929835
0813927935 (alk. paper)
9780813927930 (alk. paper)
Published
Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2009. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012)
Physical Description
1 online resource (xii, 234 p. )
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Project MUSE - UPCC 2012 Archival Complete Foundation Collection
Project MUSE - UPCC 2012 Books Archival Subscription Plan
Project MUSE - UPCC 2012 U.S. Regional Studies Foundation Collection
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 13, 2012
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-224) and index.
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.
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