Author: Harriet C. Frazier
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 9780786409778
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Slavery and its lasting effects have long been an issue in America, with the scars inflicted 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 that it 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.
Slavery and Crime in Missouri, 1773-1865
Author: Harriet C. Frazier
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 9780786409778
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Slavery and its lasting effects have long been an issue in America, with the scars inflicted 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 that it 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.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 9780786409778
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Slavery and its lasting effects have long been an issue in America, with the scars inflicted 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 that it 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.
The Genealogical Helper
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Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 794
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Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 794
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Everton's Genealogical Helper
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Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 664
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Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 664
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The Newspaper and Crime
Author: Virginia Lee Cole
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Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 96
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Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 96
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A Centennial History of the State Historical Society of Missouri, 1898-1998
Author: Alan R. Havig
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 9780826211699
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Havig addresses such key topics as the growth of the society's collections; the reference library; the Western Historical Manuscript Collection; and an extensive assortment of visual art, including a famed collection of works by Thomas Hart Benton and George Caleb Bingham. Havig also examines the society's collaboration with the University of Missouri in obtaining physical space for its operations; its work with local groups in promoting special events such as Missouri's centennial in 1920-1921; the society's outstanding publications program; its role in the placement of historic markers along Missouri highways; its sponsorship of History Day; and numerous other endeavors made by the society to preserve and disseminate Missouri's rich heritage to the state's citizens. A Centennial History of the State Historical Society of Missouri, 1898-1998 will be of special value to professionals working in Missouri history and in the field of state and local history.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 9780826211699
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Havig addresses such key topics as the growth of the society's collections; the reference library; the Western Historical Manuscript Collection; and an extensive assortment of visual art, including a famed collection of works by Thomas Hart Benton and George Caleb Bingham. Havig also examines the society's collaboration with the University of Missouri in obtaining physical space for its operations; its work with local groups in promoting special events such as Missouri's centennial in 1920-1921; the society's outstanding publications program; its role in the placement of historic markers along Missouri highways; its sponsorship of History Day; and numerous other endeavors made by the society to preserve and disseminate Missouri's rich heritage to the state's citizens. A Centennial History of the State Historical Society of Missouri, 1898-1998 will be of special value to professionals working in Missouri history and in the field of state and local history.
Family Records Today
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 532
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 532
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Heritage Quest
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Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 802
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Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 802
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Obituaries from the Kern Valley Sun newspaper
Author: Clan Diggers Genealogical Society
Publisher: Dalcassian Publishing Company
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Languages : en
Pages : 796
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Publisher: Dalcassian Publishing Company
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Languages : en
Pages : 796
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Midwest Historical and Genealogical Register
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Category : Middle West
Languages : en
Pages : 508
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Category : Middle West
Languages : en
Pages : 508
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Fourth Estate
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Category : Journalism
Languages : en
Pages : 810
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Category : Journalism
Languages : en
Pages : 810
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