BOOK: Paton on Crime, Punishment, and Gender in Jamaica

Diana Paton, No Bond but the Law: Punishment, Race, and Gender in Jamaican State Formation, 1780–1870. Duke University Press, 2004. via Duke U Press: "Investigating the cultural, social, and political histories of punishment during ninety years surrounding the 1838 abolition of slavery in Jamaica, Diana Paton challenges standard historiographies of slavery and discipline. The abolition … Continue reading BOOK: Paton on Crime, Punishment, and Gender in Jamaica

Ross Interview on The Great New Orleans Kidnapping Case | WWNO

Michael Ross was interviewed by Laine Kaplan-Levenson of  TriPod: NOLA at 300 on his book The Great New Orleans Kidnapping Case: Race, Law, and Justice in the Reconstruction Era (Oxford, 2014): "It's true. The NOPD first hired black officers in the 1860s. New York City didn't have an African American in their ranks until 1911. … Continue reading Ross Interview on The Great New Orleans Kidnapping Case | WWNO