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Lynching in North Carolina : a history, 1865-1941
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Lynching in North Carolina : a history, 1865-1941 / Vann R. Newkirk.
ISBN
9780786439287 (illustrated case binding : alk. paper)
0786439289 (illustrated case binding : alk. paper)
Published
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, c2009.
Physical Description
v, 206 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
To help ensure preservation of print and digital collections, this title is retained by Yale University Library on behalf of the HathiTrust Shared Print Program.
Summary
"From the end of the Civil War until the mid-1920s, the culture of lynching prospered in North Carolina. Between 1865 and 1941, at least168 North Carolinians lost their lives to this form of mob violence. This work provides a list of all 168 documented lynchings, including a detailed account of the more infamous occasions"--Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 17, 2009
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-200) and index.
Contents
Introduction: a place in lynching lore
Lynching the Carolina way
Norlina
The lynching of Plummer Bullock
A well-deserved punishment
Canada, o Canada
The old north state
One million Klansmen
Law and order must prevail: North Carolina efforts to punish lynch mob members 1919-1923
The Needleman case
"You don't know what the law will do to you?" A move toward legal lynching
Lynching in North Carolina 1930-1935
A matter for the judiciary
Summary
Appendix I. Other notable lynchings
Appendix II. North Carolina lynchings, 1865-1941
Notes
Bibliography
Index.
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