Lynchings in Missouri, 1803-1981 /
At least 227 mob lynchings are identified, confirmed, and documented. Topics include: lynchings of Native Americans and African Americans, law enforcement efforts to punish lynchers, horse/hog stealing, bank robbery, murder, sex crimes, and other offenses for which whites were lynched, a still-unsol...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Jefferson, N.C. :
McFarland & Company,
[2009]
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| Summary: | At least 227 mob lynchings are identified, confirmed, and documented. Topics include: lynchings of Native Americans and African Americans, law enforcement efforts to punish lynchers, horse/hog stealing, bank robbery, murder, sex crimes, and other offenses for which whites were lynched, a still-unsolved 1981 lynching and 50 falsely reported, doubtful, and/or foiled lynchings, 1857-1930. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 228 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780786436682 (softcover : alk. paper) 0786436689 (softcover : alk. paper) |