Title Local matters : race, crime, and justice in the nineteenth-century South / edited by Christopher Waldrep and Donald G. Nieman

Published Athens : University of Georgia Press, ©2001

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 259 pages) Series Studies in the legal history of the South Studies in the legal history of the South. Contents Judging slavery: Thomas Ruffin and State v. Mann / Sally Hadden -- The roots of fairness: State v. Caesar and slave justice in antebellum North Carolina / Timothy S. Huebner -- Slaves and crime: New Orleans, 1840-1862 / Judith Kelleher Schafer -- The law and the culture of slavery: Natchez, Mississippi / Ariela Gross -- Women and the law: domestic discord in North Carolina after the Civil War / Laura F. Edwards -- Extralegal violence and the planter class: the Ku Klux Klan in the Alabama Black belt during Reconstruction / Michael W. Fitzgerald -- Federal enforcement of Black rights in the post-redemption South: the Ellenton riot case / Lou Falkner Williams -- African American communities, politics, and justice: Washington County, Texas, 1865-1890 / Donald G. Nieman -- Black political leadership: Warren County, Mississippi / Christopher Waldrep Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Slavery -- Law and legislation -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century Discrimination in justice administration -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century African American criminals -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century LAW -- Constitutional. LAW -- Public. LAW -- Legal History. African American criminals African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. Discrimination in justice administration Race relations Slavery -- Law and legislation Aufsatzsammlung Recht Sklaverei Rassendiscriminatie. Criminaliteit. SUBJECT Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century Subject Southern States USA -- Südstaaten Rechterlijke macht. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Waldrep, Christopher, 1951- Nieman, Donald G LC no. 00044725 ISBN 9780820342054 082034205X 1283432064 9781283432061 9786613432063 6613432067

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