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Slavery on Trial: Race, Class, and Criminal Justice in Antebellum Richmond, Virginia (New Perspectives on the History of the South)
Slavery on Trial Race Class and Criminal Justice in Antebellum Richmond Virginia - New Perspectives on the History of the South
Author: JAMES CAMPBELL
"An invaluable study of Richmond's antebellum justice system."--Sally E. Hadden, Florida State University "Not only demonstrates the law's clear bias in favor of the power of slaveholders and the defense of slavery, but also gives us vivid scenes of slaves, free blacks, and working-class whites negotiating and sometimes contesting soc...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780813030913
ISBN-10: 0813030919
Publication Date: 10/28/2007
Pages: 288
Edition: 1st
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Publisher: University Press of Florida
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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