<I>Revised Code of Mississippi</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1871
name: label: Created by
content: Mississippi Legislature, American, founded 1817
notes: label: Description
content: Hardcover book covered in leather with tooling on front edges of cover which is otherwise blank. Spine has bands of red and black with gold lettering: [REVISED CODE / OF / MISSISSIPPI / 1871]. On the inside cover is a note handwritten in graphite: [Scarce compilation of laws by the / Reconstruction government, which / controlled the state until 1875.] The title page reads [THE / REVISED CODE / OF THE / STATUTE LAWS / OF THE / STATE OF MISSISSIPPI. / AS ADOPTED AT JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 1871, AND PUBLISHED BY / AUTHORITY OF THE LEGISLATURE. / JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI: / ALCORN & FISHER, STATE PRINTERS. / 1871]. The volume begins with a preface by: [AMOS R. JOHNSTON, / Commissioner / JACKSON, Oct. 1, 1871]. 788 pages.
place: label: Place depicted
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Government
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
label: Topic
content: Slavery
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Stanley Turkel's Collection of Reconstruction Era Materials
label: Classification
content: Library Collections
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Stanley Turkel's Collection of Reconstruction Era Materials
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.160.175
objectType: label: Type
content: hardcover books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (closed): 10 1/4 × 7 1/16 × 2 1/2 in. (26.1 × 18 × 6.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (open): 10 1/4 × 16 1/8 × 2 1/2 in. (26.1 × 40.9 × 6.4 cm)