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Genre/Form: | History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Dray, Philip. At the hands of persons unknown. New York : Random House, ©2002 (DLC) 2001040366 (OCoLC)47225236 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Philip Dray |
OCLC Number: | 659388378 |
Reproduction Notes: | Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 528 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
Details: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
Contents: | Preface -- [ch.] 1. "A negro's life is a very cheap thing in Georgia" -- [ch.] 2. Judge Lynch's Law -- [ch.] 3. To gather my race in my arms -- [ch.] 4. The compromise -- [ch.] 5. "Let the eagle scream!" -- [ch.] 6. Writing history with lightning -- [ch.] 7. The wisest and best response -- [ch.] 8. The shame of America -- [ch.] 9. The tragedy of lynching -- [ch.] 10. States' rights, states' wrongs -- [ch.] 11. It can happen here -- [ch.] 12. Under color of law -- Epilogue. |
Responsibility: | Philip Dray. |
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Abstract:
A history of lynching in America describes its common use, especially in the southern United States, and discusses the crusade by a handful of black and white citizens to eliminate the shameful practice.
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