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White man's heaven : the lynching and expulsion of blacks in the Southern Ozarks, 1894-1909
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White man's heaven : the lynching and expulsion of blacks in the Southern Ozarks, 1894-1909 / Kimberly Harper.
ISBN
9781557289414 (casebound : alk. paper)
1557289417 (casebound : alk. paper)
Published
Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2010.
Physical Description
xxv, 325 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 19, 2010
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Pierce City: "we were once slaves"
Pierce City: "white man's heaven"
Pierce City: the lark and Godley trials
Joplin: "have mercy on my soul"
Joplin: "hurrah for Hickory Bill"
Springfield: "the devil was just as good a friend to God"
Springfield: "a slumbering volcano"
Springfield: "the Easter offering"
Springfield: "they certainly had not the bearing of deacons"
Springfield: "murder in the air"
Harrison: "their voices filled the air"
Conclusion.
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