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  • Lynchings in Kansas, 1850s-1932
    Harriet C. Frazier
    In 1933, Genevieve Yost, Kansas State Historical Society cataloger, published a 'History of Lynching in Kansas.' The present book is a development of that work, researched with the benefit of modern technology. The author locates 58 lynchings Yost missed and removes 19 from her list that for various reasons are not lynchings in Kansas. Yost apparently catalogued her 123 en...
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    58,56 €

  • Slavery and Crime in Missouri, 1773-1865
    Harriet C. Frazier
    Slavery and its lasting effects have long been an issue in America, with the scars running deep. This study examines crimes such as stealing, burglary, arson, rape and murder committed against and by slaves, with most of the author’s information coming from handwritten court records and newspapers. These documents show the death penalty rarely applied when a slave killed ano...
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    57,01 €

  • Runaway and Freed Missouri Slaves and Those Who Helped Them, 1763-1865
    Harriet C. Frazier
    From the beginning of French rule of Missouri in 1720 through this state’s abolition of slavery in 1865, liberty was always the goal of the vast majority of its enslaved people. The presence in eastern Kansas of a host of abolitionists from New England made slaveholding risky business. Mennonites and Quakers had voiced their detestation of human bondage long before the Unite...
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    58,54 €

  • Lynchings in Missouri, 1803-1981
    Harriet C. Frazier
    At least 227 mob murders took place on Missouri soil between 1803 and 1981, all of which are identified, confirmed, and documented (with legal sources) in this first investigation of the state’s lynching history. The first four chapters focus on lynchings that took place before The Chicago Tribune began its annual nationwide lists of the lynched in the 1880s. Topics covered ...
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    58,59 €

  • Death Sentences in Missouri, 1803-2005
    Harriet C. Frazier
    This chronological discussion of the death penalty in Missouri covers those executed from 1803 through 2005. Sources include newspapers, county histories, prison records, Union Army records, pardon papers and appellate court cases. Chapters discuss such topics as the death penalty offenses of Indians and blacks; death sentences carried out by the military; lynchings; the g...
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    109,92 €