The Uncommon Case of Daniel Brown: How a White Police Officer Was Convicted of Killing a Black Citizen, Baltimore, 1875

by Gordon H Shufelt and Gordon H. Shufelt

An extraordinary look at race and policing in late nineteenth-century Baltimore

In 1875 an Irish-born Baltimore policeman, Patrick McDonald, entered the home of Daniel Brown, an African American laborer, and clubbed and shot Brown, who died within an hour of the attack. In similar cases at the time, authorities routinely exonerated Maryland law enforcement officers who killed African Americans, usually without serious inquiries...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1606354124
• ISBN13: 9781606354124
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Kent State University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"