{"product_id":"the-silent-shore-9781421442921","title":"The Silent Shore","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe definitive account of the lynching of twenty-three-year-old Matthew Williams in Maryland, the subsequent investigation, and the legacy of modern-day lynchings.   On December 4, 1931, a mob of white men in Salisbury, Maryland, lynched and set ablaze a twenty-three-year-old Black man named Matthew Williams. His gruesome murder was part of a wave of silent white terrorism in the wake of the stock market crash of 1929, which exposed Black laborers to white rage in response to economic anxieties. For nearly a century, the lynching of Matthew Williams has lived in the shadows of the more well-known incidents of racial terror in the deep South, haunting both the Eastern Shore and the state of Maryland as a whole. In The Silent Shore, author Charles L. Chavis Jr. draws on his discovery of previously unreleased investigative documents to meticulously reconstruct the full story of one of the last lynchings in Maryland. Bringing the painful truth of anti-Black violence to light, Chavis breaks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor Marylanders and other concerned readers, Chavis presents a disturbing indictment of the Free State.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eMaryland Historical Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Silent Shore\u003c\/i\u003e is a tour de force in the realm of historical scholarship related to lynching violence in the United States. Chavis's work is not just an academic endeavour; it is a clarion call, urging us to confront the spectres of our past and to chart a course toward a more unbiased and equitable future....this book stands as an indispensable beacon, illuminating the path forward.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eJournal of Social Science, Humanities and Arts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Matthew Williams: His Family, His Community, His Humanity\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. \"The Blood Lust of the Eastern Shore\": The Crime, the Kidnapping, and the Spectacle\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Governor Albert C. Ritchie Confronts Judge Lynch: The Politics of Anti-Black Racism in the Free State and Beyond\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. From Pugilist to Private Eye: A Former Prizefighter Infiltrates the Mob\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Truth, Lies, and Somewhere in Between: Unmasking the Mob and Breaking the System of Silence\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. Maryland's Disgrace: The Denial of Justice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. A Blot on the Tapestry of the Free State\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. Confronting the Legacy of Judge Lynch in the Age of Fracture\u003cbr\u003eAfterword. A Message from a Living Relative, by Tracey \"Jeannie\" Jones\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eAppendix\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49371887108439,"sku":"9781421442921","price":18.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421442921.jpg?v=1730154928","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-silent-shore-9781421442921","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}