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 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.       Loo...

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