Criminal injustice : slaves and free Blacks in Georgia's criminal justice system / Glenn McNair.

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Main Author: McNair, Glenn, 1962-
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2009.
Series:Carter G. Woodson Institute series.
Subjects:
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.
Georgia > Race relations > History > 18th century.
Georgia > Race relations > History > 19th century.
Physical Description:xii, 234 pages ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
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.