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Roots of Disorder: Race and Criminal Justice in the American South, 1817-80
Christopher Waldrep
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paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 463.
Every white southerner understoodwhat 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, Mississippi,Roots of Disorder traces the origins of these terrible attitudes to the day-to-day operations of local courts. In Vicksburg, white exploitation of black labor through slavery evolved into efforts to use the law todefine blacks' place in society, setting the stage for widespread tolerance of brutal vigilantism. Fed by racism and economics, whites' violence grew in a hothouse of more general ... Read more
Every white southerner understoodwhat 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, Mississippi,Roots of Disorder traces the origins of these terrible attitudes to the day-to-day operations of local courts. In Vicksburg, white exploitation of black labor through slavery evolved into efforts to use the law todefine blacks' place in society, setting the stage for widespread tolerance of brutal vigilantism. Fed by racism and economics, whites' violence grew in a hothouse of more general ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252067327
SKU
V9780252067327
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Winner of the McLemore Prize, given by the Mississippi Historical Society, 1999.