Mississippi's Federal Courts: A History

This resource produces the first comprehensive history of the state’s federal courts from the inception of the Mississippi Territory to the late twentieth century. Using archival material and legal documents, David M. Hargrove untangles the state’s complex legal history, which includes slavery and secession, the Civil War and Reconstruction, Jim Crow and civil rights.

In this important overview of the United States courts in Mississippi, Hargrove surveys the state’s federal judiciary as it...