{"product_id":"lynching-in-north-carolina-9780786495580","title":"Lynching in North Carolina","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   From the end of the Civil War through 1941, a total of 168 North Carolinians lost their lives to lynching. This form of mob violence was often justified as a means of controlling the black population, protecting white wives and daughters, and defending family honor. Legal attempts to deter lynching--including an 1893 law that classified it as a felony and sought to hold a county liable for damages--generally failed because of a lack of local support and ineffectual enforcement by state officials.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   After 1922, however, in a phenomenon unique to North Carolina, incidents of lynching inexplicably and rapidly declined, prompting the state to head a national movement to end it. This history includes appendices providing an account of all 168 known lynching occurrences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eexpand[s] our understanding of the evolution of lynching and will serve well for classroom use\" - \u003cem\u003eThe Journal of Southern History\u003c\/em\u003e","brand":"McFarland and Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038114939223,"sku":"9780786495580","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/lynching-in-north-carolina-9780786495580","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}