Death at Cross Plains : An Alabama Reconstruction Tragedy / Gene L. Howard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Howard, Gene L., 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Luke, William C., -1870.

Luke, William C.

Civil rights workers--Alabama--Cross Plains--Biography.

Civil rights workers.

Missionaries--Alabama--Cross Plains--Biography.

Missionaries.

Lynching--Alabama--Cross Plains--History--19th century.

Lynching.

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Alabama--Cross Plains.

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

Cross Plains (Ala.)--Biography.

Cross Plains (Ala.).

Cross Plains (Ala.)--Race relations.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (168 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

University, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, c1984.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Death at Cross Plains follows the tragic life and career of William Luke, a white Canadian minister who became a teacher at the HBCU Talladega College in 1869. Later taking the position of schoolteacher to Black railroad workers near Talladega, Luke became caught up in a web of racial antagonisms, xenophobia, and partisan conflict rampant that.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; I. Cross Plains in 1870; II. The Morning After; III. William Luke's Introduction to Alabama; IV. William Luke as Minister; V. Ku Klux Klan Terrorism; VI. A New Start for William Luke; VII. Community Antagonism to William Luke; VIII. Violence Erupts in Cross Plains; IX. The Trial and Klan Justice; X. Aftermath of the Tragedy; XI. Justice Denied; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliographical Note; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 141-146.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8173-8937-7

OCLC:

557562701