Hell put to shame: the 1921 murder farm massacre and the horror of America's second slavery

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Swift, Earl, 1958-
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A "work of narrative nonfiction telling the forgotten story of the mass killing of eleven Black farmhands on a Georgia plantation in the spring of 1921--a crime that exposed for the nation the existence of 'peonage,' a form of slavery that gained prominence across the American South after the Civil War. ... By turns police procedural, courtroom drama, and political expose,́ [this book introduces] readers to three Americans who spearheaded the prosecution of John S. Williams, the wealthy plantation owner behind the murders, at a time when white people rarely faced punishment for violence against their Black neighbors. The ... polymath James Weldon Johnson, newly appointed the first Black leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, marshaled the organization into a full-on war against peonage. Johnson's lieutenant, Walter F. White, a light-skinned, fair-haired, blue-eyed Black man, conducted undercover work at the scene of lynchings and other Jim Crow atrocities, helping to throw a light on such violence and to hasten its end. And Georgia governor Hugh M. Dorsey won the statehouse as a hero of white supremacists--then redeemed himself in spectacular fashion with the 'Murder Farm' affair"--
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African American agricultural laborers -- Crimes against
African American men -- Crimes against
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Southern States -- History
Dorsey, Hugh Manson, -- 1871-1948
Georgia -- Race relations -- History
Hate crimes -- Georgia -- Jasper County -- Case studies
Johnson, James Weldon, -- 1871-1938
Mass murder -- Georgia -- Jasper County -- Case studies
Peonage -- Georgia -- Jasper County -- History -- 20th century
Plantation workers -- Crimes against
Racism against Black people -- Georgia -- History
Racism against Black people -- Southern States -- History
Southern States -- Race relations -- History
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White, Walter, -- 1893-1955
Williams, John S
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Hell put to shame : the 1921 murder farm massacre and the horror of America's second slavery
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Hell put to shame : the 1921 murder farm massacre and the horror of America's second slavery / Earl Swift
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Hell put to shame
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the 1921 murder farm massacre and the horror of America's second slavery
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African American agricultural laborers
African American men
African Americans
Civil rights
Crimes against
Dorsey, Hugh Manson
Hate crimes
History
Johnson, James Weldon
Mass murder
Peonage
Plantation workers
Race relations
Racism against Black people
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