Lay This Body Down: The 1921 Murders of Eleven Plantation Slaves
ISBN-13:
9781556524479
ISBN-10:
1556524471
Author:
Gregory A. Freeman
Publication date:
2002
Publisher:
Lawrence Hill Books
Format:
Paperback
224 pages
Category:
Black & African American
,
Cultural & Regional
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ISBN-13:
9781556524479
ISBN-10:
1556524471
Author:
Gregory A. Freeman
Publication date:
2002
Publisher:
Lawrence Hill Books
Format:
Paperback
224 pages
Category:
Black & African American
,
Cultural & Regional
Summary
Lay This Body Down: The 1921 Murders of Eleven Plantation Slaves (ISBN-13: 9781556524479 and ISBN-10: 1556524471), written by authors
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The John S. Williams plantation in Georgia was operated largely with the labor of slaves—and this was in 1921, 56 years after the Civil War. Williams was not alone in using “peons,” but his reaction to a federal investigation was almost unbelievable: he decided to destroy the evidence. Enlisting the aid of his trusted black farm boss, Clyde Manning, he began methodically killing his slaves. As this true story unfolds, each detail seems more shocking, and surprises continue in the aftermath, with a sensational trial galvanizing the nation and marking a turning point in the treatment of black Americans.
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