A deed so accursed : lynching in Mississippi and South Carolina, 1881-1940 / Terence Finnegan.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:American South series.
Main Author: Finnegan, Terence, 1961-
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013.
Series:American South series.
Subjects:
Lynching > South Carolina > History > 19th century.
Lynching > South Carolina > History > 20th century.
Lynching > Mississippi > History > 19th century.
Lynching > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Physical Description:x, 231 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 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.