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A deed so accursed

Finnegan, Terence, 1961-

A deed so accursed lynching in Mississippi and South Carolina, 1881-1940 / [electronic resource] : Terence Finnegan. - Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013. - 1 online resource (248 p.) - The American South series .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

9780813933856 0813933854


Lynching--History--Mississippi--20th century.
Lynching--History--Mississippi--19th century.
Lynching--History--South Carolina--20th century.
Lynching--History--South Carolina--19th century.


Electronic books.

HV6465.S6 / F56 2013

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