Racial violence in Kentucky, 1865-1940 : lynchings, mob rule, and "legal lynchings" / George C. Wright.
1990
HV6465.K4 W75 1990 (Mapit)
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Racial violence in Kentucky, 1865-1940 : lynchings, mob rule, and "legal lynchings" / George C. Wright.
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ISBN
0807115363 (alk. paper)
9780807115367 (alk. paper)
9780807120736
0807120731
9780807115367 (alk. paper)
9780807120736
0807120731
Publication Details
Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, ©1990.
Language
English
Description
xv, 350 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Call Number
HV6465.K4 W75 1990
Dewey Decimal Classification
364.1/34
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-341) and index.
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Table of Contents
Reconstruction: using violence to preserve the status quo, 1865-1874
Lynchings are necessary, 1875-1899
To hang in an orderly fashion, 1900-1940
Ousting troublemakers
Holding back a rising tide, 1875-1899
Meeting mob violence with renewed determination, 1900-1940
A sacrifice upon the altar of the law, 1875-1899
Color-coded justice: racial violence under the law, 1900-1940.
Lynchings are necessary, 1875-1899
To hang in an orderly fashion, 1900-1940
Ousting troublemakers
Holding back a rising tide, 1875-1899
Meeting mob violence with renewed determination, 1900-1940
A sacrifice upon the altar of the law, 1875-1899
Color-coded justice: racial violence under the law, 1900-1940.