The uncommon case of Daniel Brown : how a white police officer was convicted of killing a black citizen, Baltimore, 1875 / Gordon H. Shufelt.

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"In 1875 an Irish-born Baltimore policeman, Patrick McDonald, entered the home of Daniel Brown, an African American laborer, and clubbed and shot Brown, who died within an hour of the attack. In similar cases at the time, authorities routinely exonerated Maryland law enforcement officers who killed...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:True crime history series.
Main Author: Shufelt, Gordon H. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Kent, OH : Kent State University Press, 2021.
Series:True crime history series.
Subjects:
Murder > Maryland > Baltimore > 19th century > History.
African Americans > Crimes against > History.
Criminal justice, Administration of > Maryland > Baltimore > History.
United States > Race relations > History.
Physical Description:xi, 171 pages ; 23 cm.
Format: Book

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