Roots of Disorder: Race and Criminal Justice in the American South, 1817-80 by Christopher Waldrep

Roots of Disorder: Race and Criminal Justice in the American South, 1817-80

Christopher Waldrep

296 pages paperback 1998

2 editions

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Every white southerner understood what keeping African Americans "down" meant and what it did not mean. It did not mean going to court; it did not mean relying on the law. It meant vigilante violence and lynching. Looking at Vicksburg, Mississ...

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