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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	McNair, Glenn, 1962-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2009.
Series:	Carter G. Woodson Institute series.
Subjects:	Crime and race > Georgia > History. Free African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > Georgia > History. Slaves > Legal status, laws, etc. > Georgia > History. African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > Georgia > History > 19th century. African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > Georgia > History > 18th century. Discrimination in criminal justice administration > Georgia > History. Criminal justice, Administration of > Georgia > History > 19th century. Criminal justice, Administration of > Georgia > History > 18th century. Georgia > Race relations > History > 19th century. Georgia > Race relations > History > 18th century. Electronic books.
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Table of 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.