Alumnus (Graduate Program) Research Research Areas: African American Capitalism and Economics Cultural & Intellectual Political & Legal U.S. 19th & 20th Century U.S. South War and Diplomacy Dissertation/Thesis Title: 'A Vile, Immoral, and Profligate Course of Life': Poor Whites and the Enforcement of Vagrancy Law in Antebellum Georgia. Degree Completion Date: Fri, 05/04/2007 - 12:00pm Selected Publications Selected Publications: Merritt, Keri Leigh. “A Second Degree Of Slavery: How Black Emancipation Freed The South's Poor Whites”. James C Cobb. 2014: n. pag. Print. Merritt, Keri Leigh. “A Vile, Immoral, And Profligate Course Of Life': Poor Whites And The Enforcement Of Vagrancy Law In Antebellum Georgia”. Southern Society And Its Transformations, 1780-1860. Susanna Delfino, Gillespie, Michele, & Kyriakoudes, Louis. University of Missouri Press, 2011. Web. Merritt, Keri Leigh. “'a Vile, Immoral, And Profligate Course Of Life': Poor Whites And The Enforcement Of Vagrancy Law In Antebellum Georgia”. John Inscoe. 2007: n. pag. Print.
