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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779716303321

Autore

Finnegan Terence <1961->

Titolo

A deed so accursed [[electronic resource] ] : lynching in Mississippi and South Carolina, 1881-1940 / / Terence Finnegan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2013

ISBN

0-8139-3385-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (246 p.)

Collana

American South series

Disciplina

364.1/34

Soggetti

Lynching - South Carolina - History - 19th century

Lynching - South Carolina - History - 20th century

Lynching - Mississippi - History - 19th century

Lynching - Mississippi - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- "Strictly a white man's country, with a white man's civilization" : lynching in Mississippi -- "To hell with the constitution" : lynching in South Carolina -- "No rights for the negro which a white man is bound to respect" : lynching and political power in Mississippi and South Carolina -- "The equal of some white men and the superior of others" : African American victims of lynching -- "An example must be made" : lynch mobs and the response of African Americans -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.