A shot in the moonlight : how a freed slave and a Confederate soldier fought for justice in the Jim Crow south / Ben Montgomery.

A true tale of justice in the Jim Crow south relates the story of George Dinning, a freed slave who was wrongfully convicted of murder after defending himself against a white mob and later won damages against them in court with the help of a Confederate war hero-turned-lawyer.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Montgomery, Ben (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Little, Brown Spark, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Dinning, George.
Young, Bennett H. > (Bennett Henderson), > 1843-1919.
African Americans > Crimes against > Kentucky > Simpson County > History.
Trials > Kentucky > Simpson County > History.
Kentucky > Race relations > History.
Freed persons > Kentucky.
HISTORY / African American.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / African American & Black.
African Americans > Crimes against.
Freed persons.
Race relations.
Trials.
Kentucky.
History.
Biographies.
Genre:
History.
Biographies.
Physical Description:xvii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Description
Summary:
A true tale of justice in the Jim Crow south relates the story of George Dinning, a freed slave who was wrongfully convicted of murder after defending himself against a white mob and later won damages against them in court with the help of a Confederate war hero-turned-lawyer.
Call Number:F456 .M66 2021
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-272) and index.
ISBN:9780316535540
0316535540