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The Great New Orleans Kidnapping Case: Race, Law, and Justice in the Reconstruction Era
The Great New Orleans Kidnapping Case Race Law and Justice in the Reconstruction Era
Author: Michael A. Ross
In June 1870, the residents of the city of New Orleans were already on edge when two African American women kidnapped seventeen-month-old Mollie Digby from in front of her New Orleans home. It was the height of Radical Reconstruction, and the old racial order had been turned upside down: black men now voted, held office, sat on juries, and serve...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780199778805
ISBN-10: 0199778809
Publication Date: 10/14/2014
Pages: 320
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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