Lynching in America: A History in Documents

Lynching in America: A History in Documents
ISBN-10
0814793991
ISBN-13
9780814793992
Category
History
Pages
281
Language
English
Published
2006-01
Publisher
NYU Press
Author
Christopher Waldrep

Description

"Ranging from personal correspondence to courtroom transcripts to journalistic accounts, Christopher Waldrep has extensively mined an enormous quantity of documents about lynching, which he arranges chronologically with concise introductions. He reveals that lynching has been part of American history since the Revolution, but its victims, perpetrators, causes, and environments have changed over time. From the American Revolution to the expansion of the western frontier, Waldrep shows how communities defended lynching as a way to maintain law and order."--Publisher description.

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