White man's heaven
Subtitle: the lynching and expulsion of blacks in the Southern Ozarks, 1894-1909
By: Kimberly Harper
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Fayetteville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 325
ISBN-13: 9781557289414
Subjects: Lynching; Violence against; Relocation; Racism; Race relations; Social conditions; African Americans; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pierce City: "we were once slaves"; title: Pierce City: "white man's heaven"; title: Pierce City: the lark and Godley trials; title: Joplin: "have mercy on my soul"; title: Joplin: "hurrah for Hickory Bill"; title: Springfield: "the devil was just as good a friend to God"; title: Springfield: "a slumbering volcano"; title: Springfield: "the Easter offering"; title: Springfield: "they certainly had not the bearing of deacons"; title: Springfield: "murder in the air"; title: Harrison: "their voices filled the air"; title: Conclusion.