The Colfax massacre : the untold story of Black power, White terror, and the death of Reconstruction / LeeAnna Keith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keith, LeeAnna.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Contested elections.

History.

Racism.

Violence.

Massacres.

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877).

Colfax (La.)--Race relations--History--19th century.

Colfax (La.).

Grant Parish (La.)--Race relations--History--19th century.

Grant Parish (La.).

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Louisiana--Colfax.

Massacres--Louisiana--Colfax--History--19th century.

Violence--Louisiana--Colfax--History--19th century.

Racism--Louisiana--Colfax--History--19th century.

African Americans--Crimes against--History--Louisiana--Colfax--19th century.

African Americans.

Contested elections--Louisiana--Grant Parish--History--19th century.

Grant Parish (La.)--Politics and government--19th century.

Louisiana--Grant Parish.

Louisiana--Colfax.

Physical Description:

xviii, 219 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Contents:

Introduction: On Bones and Their Markers xi

Chapter 1 Alabama Fever 3

Chapter 2 The Philosopher 21

Chapter 3 The Fall 32

Chapter 4 Led by a Damned Puppy 46

Chapter 5 A Town Called Fight 62

Chapter 6 Carnival of the Animals 82

Chapter 7 Battle of the Colfax Courthouse 88

Chapter 8 Voyage of the Ozark 111

Chapter 9 Getting Away with Murder 131

Chapter 10 The Legacy of Cruikshank 153.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [201]-209) and index.

ISBN:

9780195310269

0195310268

OCLC:

145145411