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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Finnegan, Terence, 1961-
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013.
Series:The 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.
Online Access:
ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2013 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
EBSCO eBooks: 2013 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2013 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
A Deed So Accursed: Lynching in Mississippi and South Carolina, 1881-1940
Format: Electronic eBook
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.