| Contents |
Introduction: a place in lynching lore -- Lynching the Carolina way -- Norlina -- The lynching of Plummer Bullock -- A well-deserved punishment -- Canada, o Canada -- The old north state -- One million Klansmen -- Law and order must prevail: North Carolina efforts to punish lynch mob members 1919-1923 -- The Needleman case -- "You don't know what the law will do to you?" A move toward legal lynching -- Lynching in North Carolina 1930-1935 -- A matter for the judiciary -- Summary -- Appendix I. Other notable lynchings -- Appendix II. North Carolina lynchings, 1865-1941 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Abstract |
"From the end of the Civil War until the mid-1920s, the culture of lynching prospered in North Carolina. Between 1865 and 1941, at least168 North Carolinians lost their lives to this form of mob violence. This work provides a list of all 168 documented lynchings, including a detailed account of the more infamous occasions"--Provided by publisher. |
| Local note | Little-360301--305131066218- |
| Local note | Little-360449--305131066432Y |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-200) and index. |
| LCCN | 2008040033 |
| ISBN | 9780786439287 (illustrated case binding : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0786439289 (illustrated case binding : alk. paper) |
