Great New Orleans kidnapping case :
Ross, Michael A.
Great New Orleans kidnapping case : race, law, and justice in the reconstruction era / Michael A. Ross. - New York Oxford University Press 2015 - viii, 309 pages :
Includes bibliographical references (pages [244]-295) and index.
A kidnapping in the back of town -- Detective John Baptiste Jourdain and his world -- A trace of the missing child? -- A knock at the Digbys' door -- The arrest of the alleged accessories -- The woman in the seaside hat -- The recorder's court -- A highly unusual proceeding -- Unveiling the mystery -- The case "that excited all New Orleans".
9780199778805
Kidnapping--Louisiana--New Orleans--Case studies.
Trials (Kidnapping)--Louisiana--New Orleans.
New Orleans (La.)--Race relations.
New Orleans (La.)--History--19th century.
364.154092 / ROS.G
Great New Orleans kidnapping case : race, law, and justice in the reconstruction era / Michael A. Ross. - New York Oxford University Press 2015 - viii, 309 pages :
Includes bibliographical references (pages [244]-295) and index.
A kidnapping in the back of town -- Detective John Baptiste Jourdain and his world -- A trace of the missing child? -- A knock at the Digbys' door -- The arrest of the alleged accessories -- The woman in the seaside hat -- The recorder's court -- A highly unusual proceeding -- Unveiling the mystery -- The case "that excited all New Orleans".
9780199778805
Kidnapping--Louisiana--New Orleans--Case studies.
Trials (Kidnapping)--Louisiana--New Orleans.
New Orleans (La.)--Race relations.
New Orleans (La.)--History--19th century.
364.154092 / ROS.G
