Read Race on Trial: Black Defendants in Ontario's Criminal Courts, 1858-1958

Race on Trial: Black Defendants in Ontario's Criminal Courts, 1858-1958

Barrington Walker

4.9/5 (29110 ratings)

Description:While slavery in Canada was abolished in 1834, discrimination remained. Race on Trial contrasts formal legal equality with pervasive patterns of social, legal, and attitudinal inequality in Ontario by documenting the history of black Ontarians who appeared before the criminal courts from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries.Using capital case files and the assize records for Kent and Essex counties, areas that had significant black populations because they were termini for the Underground Railroad, Barrington Walker investigates the limits of freedom for Ontario's African Canadians. Through court transcripts, depositions, jail records, Judge's Bench Books, newspapers, and government correspondence, Walker identifies trends in charges and convictions in the Black population. This exploration of the complex and often contradictory web of racial attitudes and the values of white legal elites not only exposes how blackness was articulated in Canadian law but also offers a rare glimpse of black life as experienced in Canada's past.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Race on Trial: Black Defendants in Ontario's Criminal Courts, 1858-1958. To get started finding Race on Trial: Black Defendants in Ontario's Criminal Courts, 1858-1958, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: 276

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Release: 2011

ISBN: 0802096107

Description: While slavery in Canada was abolished in 1834, discrimination remained. Race on Trial contrasts formal legal equality with pervasive patterns of social, legal, and attitudinal inequality in Ontario by documenting the history of black Ontarians who appeared before the criminal courts from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries.Using capital case files and the assize records for Kent and Essex counties, areas that had significant black populations because they were termini for the Underground Railroad, Barrington Walker investigates the limits of freedom for Ontario's African Canadians. Through court transcripts, depositions, jail records, Judge's Bench Books, newspapers, and government correspondence, Walker identifies trends in charges and convictions in the Black population. This exploration of the complex and often contradictory web of racial attitudes and the values of white legal elites not only exposes how blackness was articulated in Canadian law but also offers a rare glimpse of black life as experienced in Canada's past.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Race on Trial: Black Defendants in Ontario's Criminal Courts, 1858-1958. To get started finding Race on Trial: Black Defendants in Ontario's Criminal Courts, 1858-1958, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

Race on Trial: Black Defendants in Ontario's Criminal Courts, 1858-1958

Race on Trial: Black Defendants in Ontario's Criminal Courts, 1858-1958

More Books

The History of Immigration and Racism in Canada: Essential Readings

The History of Immigration and Racism in Canada: Essential Readings

[Race on Trial: Black Defendants in Ontario's Criminal Courts, 1858-1958 (Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History)] [By: Walker, Barrington] [October, 2010]

[Race on Trial: Black Defendants in Ontario's Criminal Courts, 1858-1958 (Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History)] [By: Walker, Barrington] [October, 2010]

[The African Canadian Legal Odyssey: Historical Essays (Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History)] [By: Walker, Barrington] [November, 2012]

[The African Canadian Legal Odyssey: Historical Essays (Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History)] [By: Walker, Barrington] [November, 2012]

The African Canadian Legal Odyssey: Historical Essays (Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History)

The African Canadian Legal Odyssey: Historical Essays (Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History)

Women With Wisdom: The Journey to Find Our Naked Truth

Women With Wisdom: The Journey to Find Our Naked Truth