They stole him out of jail : Willie Earle, South Carolina's last lynching victim
Record details
- ISBN: 1611179378
- ISBN: 9781611179378
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Physical Description:
xxi, 309 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
print - Publisher: Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2019]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: Due process denied -- Prosecuting dilemmas -- Roundup in record time -- Shifting sentiment -- Homicide narratives -- Discovering Willie Earle -- Hosting a media blitz -- Subverting the state's case -- Through the eyes of Rebecca West -- No further suspense -- Anticipating the future -- A lynching remembered. |
Biographical or Historical Data: | William B. Gravely, professor emeritus at the University of Denver, is the author of Gilbert Haven, Methodist Abolitionist, as well as numerous articles on religion and social change. He is a native of Pickens County, South Carolina, where the murder of T.W. Brown occurred and where Willie Earle was jailed before his abduction.--From pg 3 of cover. |
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Genre: | History. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date | |
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Burlington Public Library | 364.134 GRAVELY 2019 | 39851001493411 | Non-fiction | Copy hold | Available | - |