Lethal state: a history of the death penalty in North Carolina

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The general sense of justice : lynching and the death penalty, 1880-1950 -- Without howling, without squirming : reinventing the death penalty in Jim Crow North Carolina, 1910-1936 -- I cannot allow this boy to be executed : the essential role of mercy, 1910-1949 -- Intelligent and civilized sentime...

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Main Author: Kotch, Seth (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press [2019]
In:Year: 2019
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century
Capital Punishment > North Carolina > History > 20th century
Capital Punishment > North Carolina > History > 19th century
Lynching
Social Science ; Criminology
HISTORY ; United States ; State & Local ; South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
African Americans ; Civil rights
Capital Punishment
Race Relations
History
North Carolina > Race relations > History > 20th century
North Carolina
North Carolina > Todesstrafe > Geschichte
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Summary:The general sense of justice : lynching and the death penalty, 1880-1950 -- Without howling, without squirming : reinventing the death penalty in Jim Crow North Carolina, 1910-1936 -- I cannot allow this boy to be executed : the essential role of mercy, 1910-1949 -- Intelligent and civilized sentiments : activism, discretion, and the decline of the death penalty, 1941-1961 -- An emotional craving : the revival of the death penalty in North Carolina, 1961-1984
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:1469649896
9781469649894