Bibliograph

Lay this body down, the 1921 murders of eleven plantation slaves, Gregory A. Freeman

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Lay this body down, the 1921 murders of eleven plantation slaves, Gregory A. Freeman

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Lay this body down

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Gregory A. Freeman

Sub title

the 1921 murders of eleven plantation slaves

Summary

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

Target audience

adult

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