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Crime and punishment in African American history
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Title
Crime and punishment in African American history / by James Campbell.
ISBN
9780230273801 (hardback)
0230273807 (hardback)
9780230273818 (paperback)
0230273815 (paperback)
Physical Description
xi, 263 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 05, 2013
Series
American history in depth.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Acknowledgements
List of illustrations
Introduction
Slavery to freedom
The slaveholders' rule
Slavery and the criminal law
Reconstruction
Jim Crow justice
The southern penal system
Lynching and law
Crime and policing in the northern city
Civil rights and beyond
The black freedom struggle
The penal state
Epilogue: remembrance, justice, and reconciliation
Notes
Index.
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