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- White Man's Heaven: The Lynching and Expulsion of Blacks in the Southern Ozarks, 1894-1909
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: University of Arkansas Press
summary
White Man's Heaven is the first book to investigate the lynching and expulsion of African Americans in the Missouri and Arkansas Ozarks in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Kimberly Harper shows how an established tradition of extralegal violence and the rapid political, economic, and social change of the New South era combined to create an environment that resulted in interracial violence. Even though some whites tried to stop the violence and bring the lynchers to justice, many African Americans fled the Ozarks, leaving only a resilient few behind and forever changing the racial composition of the region.
Table of Contents
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- Illustrations
- pp. ix-x
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xiii
- Introduction
- pp. xv-xxv
- 2. Pierce City: “White Man’s Heaven”
- pp. 19-44
- 4. Joplin: “Have Mercy on My Soul”
- pp. 69-101
- 5. Joplin: “Hurrah for Hickory Bill”
- pp. 103-108
- 7. Springfield: “A Slumbering Volcano”
- pp. 125-141
- 8. Springfield: “The Easter Offering”
- pp. 143-160
- 10. Springfield: “Murder in the Air”
- pp. 193-234
- 11. Harrison: “Their Voices Filled the Air”
- pp. 235-249
- 12. Conclusion
- pp. 251-256
Additional Information
ISBN
9781610754569
Related ISBN(s)
9781557289414, 9781557289841
DOI
MARC Record
OCLC
769187831
Pages
302
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No