Slavery on trial : race, class, and criminal justice in Antebellum Richmond, Virginia / James M. Campbell.
2011
KF4545.S5 C36 2011 (Mapit)
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Author
Title
Slavery on trial : race, class, and criminal justice in Antebellum Richmond, Virginia / James M. Campbell.
Imprint
Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, 2011.
Copyright
©2007
Description
xiii, 264 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
Series
New perspectives on the history of the South.
Formatted Contents Note
Abandoned to causes of corruption : slave life and policing in the city
"An evil which demands a speedy remedy" : white criminality in an urban slave society
"The victim of prejudice and hasty consideration" : slave trials, clemency, and punishment
"With these poor rogues their judge had never dined" : honor, law, and the trial and punishment of white criminals
The "stigma, of the deepest degradation, was fixed upon the whole race" : free African Americans and the criminal justice system.
"An evil which demands a speedy remedy" : white criminality in an urban slave society
"The victim of prejudice and hasty consideration" : slave trials, clemency, and punishment
"With these poor rogues their judge had never dined" : honor, law, and the trial and punishment of white criminals
The "stigma, of the deepest degradation, was fixed upon the whole race" : free African Americans and the criminal justice system.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-254) and index.
Call Number
KF4545.S5 C36 2011
Language
English
ISBN
9780813035666 paperback
081303566X paperback
081303566X paperback
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