A deed so accursed [electronic resource] : lynching in Mississippi and South Carolina, 1881-1940 / Terence Finnegan.

By: Finnegan, Terence, 1961-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: American South seriesPublication details: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013Description: x, 231 p. : illISBN: 9780813933856 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Lynching -- South Carolina -- History -- 19th century | Lynching -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century | Lynching -- Mississippi -- History -- 19th century | Lynching -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 364.1/34 LOC classification: HV6465.S6 | F56 2013Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
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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.

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