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

Author/creator Finnegan, Terence, 1961-
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoCharlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013.
Descriptionx, 231 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)
Lynching--South Carolina --History --19th century.
Lynching--South Carolina --History --20th century.
Lynching--Mississippi --History --19th century.
Lynching--Mississippi --History --20th century.
Series The American South series
American South series. ^A512620
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2012029593
ISBN9780813933849 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0813933846 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780813933856 (e-book)
ISBN0813933854 (e-book)

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