Slavery on trial : race, class, and criminal justice in Antebellum Richmond, Virginia / James M. Campbell.
Author/creator |
Campbell, James M. |
Format | Book and Print |
Publication Info | Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, ©2007. |
Description | xiii, 264 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. |
Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
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Series | New perspectives on the history of the South New perspectives on the history of the South. ^A446838 |
Contents | Abandoned to causes of corruption : slave life and policing in the city -- "An evil which demands a speedy remedy" : white criminality in an urban slave society -- "The victim of prejudice and hasty consideration" : slave trials, clemency, and punishment -- "With these poor rogues their judge had never dined" : honor, law, and the trial and punishment of white criminals -- The "stigma, of the deepest degradation, was fixed upon the whole race" : free African Americans and the criminal justice system. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-254) and index. |
LCCN | 2007013477 |
ISBN | 9780813030913 (alk. paper) |
ISBN | 0813030919 (alk. paper) |
Available Items
Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
Joyner | General Stacks | HV9955.V8 C36 2007 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |