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A rogue's paradise: crime and punishment in Antebellum Florida, 1821-1861
James M. Denham
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Frontmatter
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Preface (page ix)
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One Crime, the Law, and Society (page 1)
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Two Crime and Its Causes (page 12)
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Three Courts, Judges, and Law Enforcement Officers (page 24)
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Four Receptacles of Crime: Florida's Judicial Circuits (page 37)
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Five Crime against Person (page 59)
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Six Violating the Domestic Sphere: Women, Violence, and Crime (page 74)
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Seven Crime against Property (page 86)
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Eight Crime against Public Order and Morality (page 102)
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Nine Blacks, Crime, and the Law (page 120)
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Ten Florida's Antebellum Lawmen (page 141)
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Eleven Catching Criminals on the Antebellum Frontier (page 155)
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Twelve Jails and Escapes (page 166)
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Thirteen Outlaw Gangs, Lynch Mobs, and Regulators: Policing the Antebellum Frontier (page 185)
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Fourteen Our Violent Past: A Heritage of Honor and Frontier (page 205)
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Appendix 1 Legal and Extralegal Executions (page 209)
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Appendix 2 County Seats and Superior/Circuit Courts (page 212)
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Appendix 3 Law and Judicial Officers (page 214)
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Appendix 4 Prosecution Tables by County (page 226)
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Notes (page 283)
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Bibliography (page 339)
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Index (page 371)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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JAH | 84.4 (Mar. 1998): 1504-1505 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2568140 |
JSH | 64.3 (Aug. 1998): 538-539 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2587813 |
JER | 18.2 (Summer, 1998): 343-345 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/3124912 |
AJLH | 42.3 (Jul. 1998): 330-331 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/846204 |
JP | 60.2 (May, 1998): 533-534 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2647926 |
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Published: c1997
Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
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