The great New Orleans kidnapping case : race, law, and justice in the reconstruction era

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Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-295) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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."
Summary, etc.:	In The Great New Orleans Kidnapping Case, Michael Ross offers the first full account of this event that electrified the South at one of the most critical moments in the history of American race relations. Tracing the crime from the moment it was committed, through the highly publicized investigation and sensationalized trial that followed, all the while chronicling the public outcry and escalating hysteria as news and rumors surrounding the crime spread, Ross paints a vivid picture of the Reconstruction-era South, and the complexities and possibilities that faced the newly integrated society.