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The end of public execution : race, religion, and punishment in the American South / Michael Ayers Trotti.

Author/creator Trotti, Michael Ayers
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoChapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2022]
Descriptionxi, 251 pages ; 25 cm
Supplemental Content Full text available from Oxford UNC Press Titles
Subject(s)
Contents Introduction: Re-Centering -- A Camp Meeting at the Gallows -- Beyond Executions of African American Men for Murder -- Shooting the Sheep-Killing Dogs: Racism in Southern Punishment -- Counting the South's Legal Executions -- Uncivil Executions -- Make it a Secret Silent Monster: Executions in Private.
Abstract "Before 1850, all legal executions in the South were performed before crowds that could number in the thousands; the last legal public execution was in 1936. This study focuses on the shift from public executions to ones behind barriers, situating that change within our understandings of lynching and competing visions of justice and religion"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2022022447
ISBN9781469670409 (cloth)
ISBN9781469670416 (paperback)
ISBN(ebook)

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