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.
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Physical Description:xvii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Format: Book

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