Slavery on trial race, class, and criminal justice in Antebellum Richmond, Virginia - Campbell, James M. (Univ. Press of Florida, 2007)
Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-254) and index
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
Keywords: Geschichte 1800-1900; Geschichte 1830-1860; Discrimination in criminal justice administration / Virginia / Richmond / History / 19th century; Slaves / Virginia / Richmond / Social conditions / 19th century; Freedmen / Virginia / Richmond / Social conditions / 19th century; Richmond (Va.) / Race relations / History / 19th century; Geschichte; Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Virginia -- Richmond -- History -- 19th century; Freedmen -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Social conditions -- 19th century; Richmond (Va.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century; Slaves -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Social conditions -- 19th century; Sklave; Justiz; Soziale Situation; Rassendiskriminierung; Richmond, Va.