The last lynching in northern Virginia : seeking truth at Rattlesnake Mountain / Jim Hall ; introduction by Claudine L. Ferrell, PhD.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hall, Jim (James Edward), 1947- author.

Contributor:

Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

Ferrell, Claudine L., 1950- writer of introduction.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lynching.

History.

Race relations.

Virginia, Northern--Race relations.

Virginia, Northern.

Virginia--Fauquier County.

Northern Virginia.

Lynching--Virginia--Fauquier County--History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

127 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2016.

Summary:

In 1932, a black man wa found hanging on Rattlesnake Mountain in Fauquier County. A mob set fire to his body. Official identified the remains as Shedrick Thompson, wanted for the abduction and rape of a local white woman. Some claimed Thompson killed himself - the final act of a desperate fugitive. But residents knew better, calling the tragedy a lynching - the last one known in Virginia. Author Jim Hall takes an in-depth look at the events to expose a complex and disturbing chapter in Virginia history.

Contents:

The attack at Edenhurst

The hunt for Thompson

Henry and Mamie Baxley

Shedrick Thompson

The discovery of Thompson's body

Suicide doubted

Willing to use violence

Death on Rattlesnake Mountain.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-124) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

ISBN:

1467135658

9781467135658

OCLC:

949752210

Publisher Number:

99978312195