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The family tree : a lynching in Georgia, a legacy of secrets, and my search for the truth

The family tree : a lynching in Georgia, a legacy of secrets, and my search for the truth

Branan, Karen.
Book 2016

"In the tradition of Slaves in the Family, the provocative true account of the hanging of four black people by a white lynch mob in 1912--written by the great-granddaughter of the sheriff charged with protecting them. Harris County, Georgia, 1912. A white man, the beloved nephew of the county sheriff, is shot dead on the porch of a black woman. Days later, the sheriff sanctions the lynching of a black woman and three black men; all of them innoce...

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ISBN:
9781476717203
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9781476717180
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Edition:
First Atria books hardcover edition
Description:
xii, 292 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Notes:
"Atria non fiction original hardcover"--Title page verso
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
Prologue
My Sweet Village
Plantation Politics
The Unveiling
New Sheriff in Town
Norman's Murder
Though Silent He Speaks
Negro Desperadoes
Nobody's Negroes
Vendettas
Brazen Iniquity
The Heroines
Race Wars
Clutch of Circumstance
Special Court
The Die is Cast
The Lynching
"So Quietly Was the Work Done"
Parties Unknown
".died with their boots on"
Roaring Twenties
The Ladies' Ultimatum
Dad Doug
Guilt and Innocence
Enslaved by History
LCCN:
2015043375
Control Number:
2378716
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