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Author:   Charles L. Chavis, Jr.
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9781421442921

ISBN 10:   1421442922
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   08 March 2022
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

"Foreword Preface Introduction Part I Chapter 1. Matthew Williams: His Family, His Community, His Humanity Chapter 2. ""The Blood Lust of the Eastern Shore"": The Crime, the Kidnapping, and the Spectacle Chapter 3. Governor Albert C. Ritchie Confronts Judge Lynch: The Politics of Anti-Black Racism in the Free State and Beyond Part II Chapter 4. From Pugilist to Private Eye: A Former Prizefighter Infiltrates the Mob Chapter 5. Truth, Lies, and Somewhere in Between: Unmasking the Mob and Breaking the System of Silence Chapter 6. Maryland's Disgrace: The Denial of Justice Part III Chapter 7. A Blot on the Tapestry of the Free State Chapter 8. Confronting the Legacy of Judge Lynch in the Age of Fracture Afterword. A Message from a Living Relative, by Tracey ""Jeannie"" Jones Acknowledgments Appendix Notes Bibliography Index"

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For Marylanders and other concerned readers, Chavis presents a disturbing indictment of the Free State. -Maryland Historical Magazine

Author Information

Charles L. Chavis Jr. is the director of African and African American Studies at George Mason University. He is also an assistant professor of conflict resolution and history and the founding director of the John Mitchell, Jr. Program for History, Justice, and Race at the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution. The national co-chair for the United States Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Movement and the vice chair of the Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission, he is the coeditor of For the Sake of Peace: Africana Perspectives on Racism, Justice, and Peace in America.

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