Cardozo Law Review
Abstract
When Louisiana became an American possession in 1803, a primary concern of the new territorial government and its inhabitants was what kind of law would be most appropriate to provide stability and maintain order in a heterogeneous population composed of free persons of French, Spanish, and American ancestry, those of African origin, free and slave, American Indians, and various combinations of these cultures and races.
Keywords
Criminal Procedure, Criminal Law and Procedure, Trials, Legal Practice and Procedure, Verdicts, Criminals, Slavery, Race and Ethnicity Issues
Disciplines
Criminal Law | Criminal Procedure | Law | Law and Race
Recommended Citation
Judith K. Schafer,
“Under the Present Mode of Trial, Improper Verdicts Are Very Often Given”: Criminal Procedure in the Trials of Slaves in Antebellum Louisiana,
18
Cardozo L. Rev.
635
(1996).
Available at:
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/clr/vol18/iss2/15