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White mercy : a study of the death penalty in South Africa

Title
  1. White mercy : a study of the death penalty in South Africa / Robert Turrell.
Published by
  1. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2004.
Author
  1. Turrell, Robert Vicat.

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Description
  1. ix, 281 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Subject
  1. Capital punishment > South Africa > History
  2. Capital punishment
  3. Todesstrafe
  4. South Africa
  5. Südafrika <Staat>
Genre/Form
  1. History.
Contents
  1. 1. Segregation : "this man is only a native" (1900-1910) -- 2. Lord Gladstone : "this judicial slaughter is a desperate business" (1910-1914) -- 3. Degeneration : "inferior whites undermine the white race as a whole" (1914-1921) -- 4. Prince Arthur and the Rand Rebellion : "between judges... and politicians" (1922-1924) -- 5. Racial murder : "a national pastime" (1924-1933) -- 6. General smuts : "mostly illiterates and natives" (1933-1939) -- 7. A discretionary death penalty : "executions are carried out by one racial group on another" (1939-1948)
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.