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Slavery and Crime in Missouri, 1773-1865

Name: Slavery and Crime in Missouri, 1773-1865
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SKU: 9780786443314
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Contributors:

Harriet C. Frazier

Publisher:

McFarland & Company

Binding:

Paperback

Book Category:

Social Science, History

Book Subcategory:

Ethnic Studies, Criminology, United States

Book Topic:

American

Audience:

Young Adult

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Release Date:

2011-07-04

ISBN 13:

9780786443314

Weight:

1.09 lbs

Size:

9.00 x 6.00 x 0.76 inches

Pages:

336

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Slavery and its lasting effects have long been an issue in America, with the scars running deep. This study examines crimes such as stealing, burglary, arson, rape and murder committed against and by slaves, with most of the author's information coming from handwritten court records and newspapers. These documents show the death penalty rarely applied when a slave killed another slave, but always applied when a slave killed a white person.

Despite Missouri's grim criminal justice system, the state's best lawyers were called upon to represent slaves in court on serious criminal charges, and federal law applied to all persons, granting slaves in Missouri protection that few other slave states had. By 1860, Missouri's population was only 10 percent slave, the smallest percentage of any slave state in America.

About the Author
Harriet C. Frazier, attorney and retired law professor in the Criminal Justice Department at University of Central Missouri, also has a Ph.D. in English. She lives in Kansas.

Slavery and Crime in Missouri, 1773-1865

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