Criminal injustice : slaves and free Blacks in Georgia's criminal justice system / / Glenn McNair.
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| Superior document: | Carter G. Woodson Institute series |
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| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Carter G. Woodson Institute series.
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| Physical Description: | xii, 234 p. |
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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.