A Lynching in Little Dixie

The Life and Death of James T. Scott, ca. 1885-1923

Patricia L. Roberts (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

200 Seiten

2018
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
9781476674926 (ISBN)

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James T. Scott's 1923 lynching in the college town of Columbia, Missouri, was precipitated by a case of mistaken identity. Falsely accused of rape, the World War I veteran was dragged from jail by a mob and hanged from a bridge before 1000 onlookers.

Patricia L. Roberts lived most of her life unaware that her aunt was the girl who erroneously accused Scott, only learning of it from a 2003 account in the University of Missouri's school newspaper. Drawing on archival research, she tells Scott's full story for the first time in the context of the racism of the Jim Crow Midwest.

The late Patricia L. Roberts was an artist who worked in both visual arts and writing. She lived in Vestal, New York.

Table of Contents

Preface by Lawrence D. Roberts

Introduction

1. The New Mexico Mystery

2. The Place

3. Columbia and the Civil War

4. Reconstruction and Beyond

5. Life in Chicago

6. What James Scott Was Missing Back in Columbia

7. James Scott’s Possible Great Adventure

8. Whose Side Are We Fighting on Anyway?

9. Sweet Land of Liberty

10. The Last Week

11. The Aftermath

12. Still Partially Cloudy

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	24.10.2018
Zusatzinfo	notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	254 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-13	9781476674926 / 9781476674926
Zustand	Neuware