Hell put to shame : the 1921 Murder Farm massacre and the horror of America's second slavery /

"On a Sunday morning in the spring of 1921, a small boy made a grim discovery as he played on a riverbank in the cotton country of rural Georgia: the bodies of two drowned men, bound together with wire and chain and weighted with a hundred-pound sack of rocks. Within days a third body turned up...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Swift, Earl, 1958- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Mariner Books, [2024]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Manning, Clyde. Williams, John S. Murder > Georgia > Jasper County > Case studies. African Americans > Crimes against > Georgia > Jasper County > Case studies. Plantation workers > Crimes against > Georgia > Jasper County > Case studies. Trials (Murder) > Georgia > Jasper County > Case studies. Peonage > Georgia > Jasper County. Meurtre > Géorgie (État) > Jasper (Comté) > Études de cas. Noirs américains > Crimes contre > Géorgie (État) > Jasper (Comté) > Études de cas. Travailleurs des plantations > Crimes contre > Géorgie (État) > Jasper (Comté) > Études de cas. Procès (Meurtre) > Géorgie (État) > Jasper (Comté) > Études de cas. Péonage > Géorgie (État) > Jasper (Comté) Homicide > Case studies. Hate crimes > Case studies. Trials (Homicide) > Case studies. African American men. African Americans > Civil rights. Racism. Georgia. Southern States. Case studies. Études de cas.

Table of Contents:

Wire and chain
The Murder Farm
The majesty of the law
American Congo
"Give me justice"
Legacy.