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Legacy of violence : lynch mobs and executions in Minnesota / John D. Bessler.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bessler, John D.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lynching--Minnesota--History.
- Lynching.
- Capital punishment--Minnesota--History.
- Capital punishment.
- Executions and executioners--Minnesota--History.
- Executions and executioners.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (329 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In Legacy of Violence, John D. Bessler takes us on a compelling journey through the history of lynchings and state-sanctioned executions that dramatically shaped Minnesota's past. Through personal accounts of those involved with the events, Bessler traces the history of both famous and lesser-known executions and lynchings in Minnesota, the state's anti-death penalty and anti-lynching movements, and the role of the media in the death penalty debate.
- Contents:
- Lynch mobs and public hangings
- On Lincoln's orders : Mankato's mass hanging
- The execution of Ann Bilansky
- The gallows reconsidered : executions versus life sentences
- The "midnight assassination law"
- The botched hanging of William Williams
- The abolition of capital punishment
- A travesty of justice : the Duluth lynchings.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8166-9287-4
- OCLC:
- 476095395
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