The silent shore : the lynching of Matthew Williams and the politics of racism in the free state /

This author tells the history of the lynching of a Black man on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Matthew Williams was lynched in Salisbury, Maryland, in 1931. To a greater extent than thousands of others, Williams's lynching influenced local, state and national history and yet its history remains...

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Main Author: Chavis, Charles L. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2021].
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Summary:This author tells the history of the lynching of a Black man on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Matthew Williams was lynched in Salisbury, Maryland, in 1931. To a greater extent than thousands of others, Williams's lynching influenced local, state and national history and yet its history remains largely unknown. This is a work of forensic reconstruction by the author.
Physical Description:xii, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781421442921
1421442922
9781421442938
1421442930