Introduction
Warren McCleskey : the man
Arrival and beginnings (1619-1808)
Willie Watson, Jr.
The slavery regime (1662-1865)
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
The South and the death penalty: 1984
The tyranny of the majority
The genocide regime (1830-1890)
Reconstruction (1866-1876)
The regime of segregation (1883-1953)
The second reconstruction
The regime of Disfranchisement II (2000-2008)
The state of North Carolina
Bibliography
Index.