Lynching in North Carolina : a history, 1865-1941 /

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Author / Creator:	Newkirk, Vann R., 1962-
Imprint:	Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, c2009.
Description:	v, 206 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Lynching -- North Carolina. Murder -- North Carolina. Lynching. Murder. Race relations. North Carolina -- Race relations -- History. North Carolina. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7536363

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ISBN:	9780786439287 (illustrated case binding : alk. paper) 0786439289 (illustrated case binding : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-200) and index.
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.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Introduction: A Place in Lynching Lore
1. Lynching the Carolina Way
2. Norlina
3. The Lynching of Plummer Bullock
4. A Well-Deserved Punishment
5. Canada, O Canada
6. The Old North State
7. One Million Klansmen
8. Law and Order Must Prevail: North Carolina Efforts to Punish Lynch Mob Members 1919-1923
9. The Needleman Case
10. "You Don't Know What the Law Will Do to You?" A Move Toward Legal Lynching
11. Lynching in North Carolina 1930-1935
12. A Matter for the Judiciary
13. Summary
Appendix I. Other Notable Lynchings
Appendix II. North Carolina Lynchings, 1865-1941
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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