Slavery and the Death Penalty: A Study in Abolition

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
	I. “…worse than slavery”
	II. The contemporary status of the death penalty
	III. Understanding abolitionism
	IV. The comparative historical method
	V. Radical abolitionism
	VI. An exploratory study
	Notes
1. The death penalty in the era of slavery
	I. Introduction
	II. Attacking capital punishment in the era of slavery
	III. A vicious circle
	IV. Conclusions
	Notes
2. Capital punishment and the legacyof slavery, 1865–1976
	I. Introduction
	II. The “condemnation of blackness”
	III. The relationship between “neoslavery” and capital punishment
	IV. The inadvertent effects of anti-lynching campaigns
	V. The impact of death penalty processes
	VI. The death penalty and abolitionism in the Civil Rights era
	VII. The predominance and absence of race in Furman and Gregg
	VIII. Conclusions
	Notes
3. The legacy of slavery in capitalpunishment since 1976
	I. Introduction
	II. Race, the death penalty, and abolitionism: 1976–1983
	III. Race, the death penalty, and abolitionism: 1983–1989
	IV. Race, the death penalty, and abolitionism: 1989–1998
	V. The anti-death penalty movement until 1998
	VI. Death penalty abolitionism since 1998
	VII. Conclusion
	Notes
4. Abolitionism defined
	I. Introduction
	II. Distinguishing between “slavery abolitionism” and
“anti-slavery activism”
	III. Distinguishing between “death penalty abolitionism” and “antideath penalty activism”
	IV. Abolitionism and dignity
	V. Conclusions
	Notes
5. Radical abolitionist constitutionalism
	I. Introduction
	II. Barriers to radical abolitionist constitutionalism
	III. Radical abolitionist constitutionalism
	IV. Conclusions
	Notes
6. The experiential abolitionist
	I. Introduction
	II. The charge against the abolitionists
	III. Repudiating the anti-abolitionist claims
	IV. Conclusions
	Notes
7. Abolitionism and “alternatives”
	I. Introduction
	II. The role of “alternatives” in progressing abolition
	III. The problems with discourses of alternatives
	IV. Resolving the dilemma
	V. Conclusions
	Notes
8. Non-complicity and abolitionism: From fugitive slaves to lethal injections
	I. Introduction
	II. Non-complicity and non-rendition in the context of slavery
	III. Non-rendition in the context of capital punishment
	IV. Non-complicity in lethal injections
	V. The pro-death penalty backlash
	VI. Conclusions
	Notes
9. A peculiar abolition
	Notes
Index