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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
0786439289 (illustrated case binding : alk. paper)
Published
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, c2009.
Physical Description
v, 206 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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
January 12, 2009
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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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