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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Finnegan, Terence, 1961-

Series:

American South series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lynching--South Carolina--History--19th century.

Lynching.

Lynching--South Carolina--History--20th century.

Lynching--Mississippi--History--19th century.

Lynching--Mississippi--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (246 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ultimately, Finnegan shows how out of the tragedy of lynching came the triumph of the civil rights movement, which was built upon the organizational efforts of African American anti-lynching campaigns.

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780813933856

0813933854

OCLC:

829265616