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Lethal punishment: lynchings and legal executions in the South
Margaret Vandiver
Year: 2007, c2006.
Publisher:  Rutgers University Press. 
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Title Page
Copyright and Permissions
List of Illustrations
Figures
Tables
Dedication
Preface and Acknowledgments to the Electronic Edition
Acknowledgments to the Print Edition
Introduction
[Introduction]
The Scope and Purpose of the Book
An Overview of the Book
Chapter 1: Legal and Extralegal Executions in the American South
An Overview of Lynching and Capital Punishment in the South
Definition of Lynching and Types of Mobs
Numbers and Regional Distribution of Lynchings and Executions
Demographics of Persons Lynched and Executed
Lynchings and Executions Compared
[Introduction]
Mass Lynchings and Public Executions
Trials Held under the Threat of Lynchings
Justifications for Lynchings and Legal Executions Compared
Lynching as a Crime
The Relationship between Lynchings and Executions
Chapter 2: Lethal Punishment in Tennessee and Florida
[Introduction]
Lynchings and Executions in Tennessee
Executions in Tennessee
Lynching in Tennessee
Lethal Punishment and Race Relations in Florida
[Introduction]
Executions in Florida
Lynching in Florida
Conclusion
Chapter 3: Eleven Lynchings for Every Execution: Lethal Punishment in Northwest Tennessee
[Introduction]
Patterns of Lethal Punishment in Northwest Tennessee
Cases of Lynching in Northwest Tennessee
[Introduction]
A Terrorist Lynching: The Trenton Massacre, Gibson County, 1874
A Mass Lynching for Murder: Garfield Burley and Curtis Brown, Dyer County, 1902
A Mass Lynching for Attempted Rape: George Smith, Obion County, 1931
Legal Executions in Northwest Tennessee
[Introduction]
Executions for Murder
Executions for Rape
A Lynching and an Execution: Louis Rice and Henderson House, Lauderdale County, 1900
Conclusion
Chapter 4: "There Can Be Nothing but Death": Lethal Punishment for Rape in Shelby County, Tennessee
[Introduction]
Race Relations in Memphis
Crime and Criminal Justice in Memphis
An Overview of Executions and Lynchings in Shelby County, 1890-1930
Lynchings and Executions for Sexual Assault in Shelby County
[Introduction]
Lee Walker, Lynched 1893
Henry Johnson, Executed 1908
Conclusion
Chapter 5: "The First Time a Charge Like This Has Ever Been Tried in the Courts": The End of Lynching in Marion County, Florida
[Introduction]
Marion County, Florida
Lynchings and Executions in Marion County
The Transitional Cases
[Introduction]
John Graham, Executed 1931
Lee Jacobs, Executed 1932
Will James, Convicted 1932
The Transition from Lynching to Execution in Marion County
Chapter 6: The Mob and the Law: Mock Trials by Mobs and Sham Legal Trials
[Introduction]
Mock Trials: When the Mob Imitated the Law
[Introduction]
Fred King, Lynched 1901, Dyersburg, Tennessee
Lation Scott, Lynched 1917, Dyersburg, Tennessee
Sham Trials: When the Law Imitated the Mob
[Introduction]
Clarence Merriman and Will Hudson, Convicted 1917, Memphis
Henry Wilson, Executed 1902, Sumterville, Florida
Conclusion
Chapter 7: "The First Duty of a Government": Lynching and the Fear of Anarchy
[Introduction]
Joseph Boxley, Lynched for Rape, Crockett County, 1929
Collective Violence in Tennessee
Calling Out the Troops: The Stineback Brothers, Lynched for Murder, Lake County, 1908
Conclusion
Chapter 8: When the Mob Ruled: The Lynching of Ell Persons
[Introduction]
"The Most Revolting Crime in the History of Shelby County": The Murder of Antoinette Rappel
"A Negro Capable of Committing Such a Crime": Ell Persons as a Suspect
Threats of Lynching: Law Enforcement Yields to the Mob
The Lynching
The Aftermath
Legal Developments
Local and Tennessee Reactions to the Lynching
National Protests
Conclusion
Chapter 9: Prevented Lynchings: White Intervention and Black Resistance
[Introduction]
Mobs That Did Not Lynch
Lynchings Prevented by White Intervention
Quick Action by Law Enforcement
Intervention by Whites Other than Law Enforcement
Lynchings Prevented by Black Resistance
Conclusion
Chapter 10: "No Reason Why We Should Favor Lynching or Hanging": Efforts to End Legal and Extralegal Executions in Tennessee
[Introduction]
Opposition to the Death Penalty in Tennessee
[Introduction]
Duke C. Bowers and Tennessee's Brief Experiment with Abolition
Reinstatement of Capital Punishment
Opposition to Lynching
[Introduction]
Samuel Allen McElwee
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Organizational Efforts to End Lynching
The Decline of Lynching in Tennessee
Conclusion
Chapter 11: Conclusions
[Introduction]
Patterns in the Three Areas
Resemblances and Differences
Prevented Lynchings
Changes in the Execution of Death Sentences
Opposition to Lethal Punishment
The Limitations of Available Data
Areas for Further Research
Lynchings and Modern Executions
Memories
Appendix A: Sources and Methods
[Introduction]
Executions
Compiling an Inventory
Sources of Information
Lynchings
Compiling an Inventory
Sources of Information
Data on Executions and Lynchings Compared
Appendix B: Inventory of Confirmed Lynchings and Legal Executions
Notes
Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1: Legal and Extralegal Executions in the American South
Chapter 2: Lethal Punishment in Tennessee and Florida
Chapter 3: Eleven Lynchings for Every Execution
Chapter 4: "There Can Be Nothing but Death"
Chapter 5: "The First Time a Charge Like This Has Ever Been Tried in the Courts"
Chapter 6: The Mob and the Law
Chapter 7: "The First Duty of a Government"
Chapter 8: When the Mob Ruled
Chapter 9: Prevented Lynchings
Chapter 10: "No Reason Why We Should Favor Lynching or Hanging"
Chapter 11: Conclusions
Appendix A: Sources and Methods
Bibliography
Index
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H-O
P-Z
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Title: Lethal punishment : lynchings and legal executions in the South Margaret Vandiver.
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Subject Headings: • Lynching -- Tennessee -- History
• Executions and executioners -- Tennessee -- History
• Lynching -- Florida -- Ocala -- History
• Executions and executioners -- Florida -- Ocala -- History
• Southern States
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