AMST 211 1nd Edition Lecture 21Outline of Current Lecture 1. Time Line2. Racial Justice Act3. Anxieties4. Public Executions5. Slave CodesCurrent LectureDeath PenaltyWho ends up on the gurney and why? Timeline • 1726-1864: colonization and enslavement (242)• 1864-1910: post Civil War (160)• 1910-1961: Jim Crow (362)• 1962-1983: moratorium (0)• 1984-2006: modern system (43)• 2006-2015: moratorium (0)Racial Justice Act: any prisoner on death row that can prove that their death sentence was based on race, they can appeal it and be removed from death row. Anxieties: • Modernity◦ property of process◦ position of law in relation to community• Race◦ maintaining slave system ◦ keeping slaves in line◦ maintaining white supremacy after Civil WarPublic Executions• scare slaves straight• demonstrate power of the state• demonstrate fragility of black livesThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.Slave Codes• Tied slave status to status of mother• Outlaws: “it shall be lawful for any person whatsoever to kill or destroy such slave by way or means as he shall think fit w/o accusation or impeachment of any crime” 1831• Masters punish as they see fit• Worst punishment for crimes against whites• punishments are public. Unintended Consequences• African American gather, mingle• Criminal celebrity, spiritual salvation• BunglingLynching• legal execution, performed by a mob. Intended to terrorize black
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