At the Altar of Lynching: Burning Sam Hose in the American South

by Donald G. Mathews

Book Overview

The story of a black day-laborer called Sam Hose killing his white employer in a workplace dispute ended in a lynching of enormous religious significance. For many deeply-religious communities in the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1316633985
• ISBN13: 9781316633984
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.2"