Lay This Body Down: The 1921 Murders of Eleven Plantation Slaves

By Gregory A. Freeman

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556523572
• ISBN13: 9781556523571
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"

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