Race, Law, and Justice in the Reconstruction Era
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Köp båda 2 för 612 krIn June 1870, the residents of the city of New Orleans were already on edge when two African American women kidnapped seventeen-month-old Mollie Digby from in front of her New Orleans home. It was the height of Radical Reconstruction, and the old ...
Appointed by Abraham Lincoln to the U.S. Supreme Court during the Civil War, Samuel Freeman Miller (1816-1890) served on the nation's highest tribunal for twenty-eight tumultuous years and holds a place in legal history as one of the Court&ap...
Dean Jobb, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine As the resurgence of white supremacy and segregation loom in the background, Ross's richly detailed account keeps readers engaged -- and guessing.
Wall Street Journal Mr. Ross decisively helms the story, introducing a sparkling cast of characters and turning the pages with just the right mix of action, suspense and intrigue.
Lawrence N. Powell, author of The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans Michael Ross' The Great New Orleans Kidnapping Case has all the elements one might expect from a legal thriller set in nineteenth-century New Orleans. Child abduction and voodoo. 'Quadroons.' A national headline-grabbing trial. Plus an intrepid creole detective.... A terrific job of sleuthing and storytelling, right through to the stunning epilogue.
and the complex world it reveals.Kevin Boyle, author of Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age When little Mollie Digby went missing from her New Orleans home in the summer of 1870, her disappearance became a national sensation. In his compelling new book Michael Ross brings Mollie back. Read The Great New Orleans Kidnapping Case for the extraordinary story it tells
Dan T. Carter, University of South Carolina Michael Ross's account of the 1870 New Orleans kidnapping of a white baby by two African-American women is a gripping narrative of one of the most sensational trials of the post-Civil War South. Even as he draws his readers into an engrossing mystery and detective story, Ross skillfully illuminates some of the most fundamental conflicts of race and class in New Orleans and the region.
Stephen Berry, author of House of Abraham: Lincoln and The Todds, a Family Divided by War The Great New Orleans Kidnapping Case is a masterwork of narration, with twists, turns, cliff-hangers, and an impeccable level of telling detail about a fascinating cast of characters. The reader comes away from this immersive experience with a deeper and sadder understanding of the possibilities and limits of Reconstruction.
Laura F. Edwards, Duke University The Great New Orleans Kidnapping Case is such a great read that it is easy to forget that the book is a work of history, not fiction. Who kidnapped Mollie Digby? The book, however, is compelling because it is great history. As Ross explores the mystery of Digby's disappearance, he reconstructs the lives not just of the Irish immigrant parents of Mollie Digby and the women of color accused of her kidnapping, but also the broad range of New Orleanians who became involved in the case. The kidnapping thus serves as a lens on the possibilities and uncertainties of Reconstruction, which take on new meanings because of Ross's skillful research and masterful storytelling.
Library Journal Ross adds mystery and intrigue to the historic Reconstruction era in New Orleans through his retelling of a sensational true crime tale... Impeccable research and crisp, compellin...
Michael A. Ross is Associate Professor of History at the University of Maryland. He is the author of the prize-winning Justice of Shattered Dreams: Samuel Freeman Miller and the Supreme Court during the Civil War Era as well as numerous award-winning articles. He holds a law degree from Duke University and a Ph.D. in History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Supreme Court History.
Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; Ch 1 A Kidnapping in the Back of Town ; Ch 2 Detective John Baptiste Jourdain and His World ; Ch 3 A Trace of a Missing Child? ; Ch 4 A Knock at the Digbys' Door ; Ch 5 The Arrest of the Alleged Accessories ; Ch 6 The Woman in the Seaside Hat ; Ch 7 The Recorder's Court ; Ch 8 A Highly Unusual Proceeding ; Ch 9 Unveiling the Mystery ; Ch 10 The Case "That Excited All New Orleans" ; Afterword and Acknowledgments ; Notes ; Index