The Day Freedom Died by Charles Lane (2008, Hardcover) 
The Day Freedom Died by Charles Lane (2008, Hardcover)
Author: Charles Lane
Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
Publication Date: 2008-03-04
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0805083421
ISBN-13: 9780805083422
Product ID: EPID63146923
Description: Following the Civil War, Colfax, Louisiana, was a town, like many, where Negroes and whites mingled uneasily. But on April 13, 1873, a small army of white ex-Confederate soldiers, enraged after attempts by freedmen to assert their new ri...
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Following the Civil War, Colfax, Louisiana, was a town, like many, where Negroes and whites mingled uneasily. But on April 13, 1873, a small army of white ex-Confederate soldiers, enraged after attempts by freedmen to assert their new rights, killed more than sixty Negroes who had occupied a courthouse. Now, journalist Charles Lane transforms this nearly forgotten incident into a historical saga. Seeking justice for the slain, one brave U.S. attorney, James Beckwith, risked his life and career to investigate and punish the perpetrators--but they all went free. What followed was a series of courtroom dramas that culminated at the Supreme Court, where the verdict compromised the victories of the Civil War and left Southern blacks at the mercy of violent whites for generations.--From publisher description.

Details
Publication Date:2008-03-04

Size
Length:326 pages
Height:9.5 in
Width:6.3 in
Thickness:1.0 in
Weight:20.8 oz

Publisher's Note
Describes the 1873 Colfax, Louisiana, massacre of more than sixty former slaves by a group of white former Confederate soldiers, the efforts of attorney James Beckwith to investigate the crime and punish the perpetrators, and the courtroom dramas, culminating with the Supreme Court, that eschewed justice and left Southern blacks at the mercy of violent racists for generations. 35,000 first printing.

Industry Reviews
"Lucidly written, thoroughly readable, carefully documented, and impressively coherent...."
(01/07/2008)

"Lane....is perfectly comfortable with the play of politics and the intricacies of the law. So while he builds an absorbing narrative of events in Colfax--his chapter on the massacre itself is riveting--he’s careful to frame them within the political wars then raging in New Orleans and Washington."
(05/18/2008)

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