Download e-book for iPad: Lay This Body Down: The 1921 Murders of Eleven Plantation by Gregory A. Freeman

By Gregory A. Freeman

The John S. Williams plantation in Georgia used to be operated principally with the exertions of slaves—and this used to be in 1921, fifty six years after the Civil conflict. Williams used to be now not by myself in utilizing “peons,” yet his response to a federal research used to be nearly incredible: he determined to break the facts. Enlisting assistance from his depended on black farm boss, Clyde Manning, he begun methodically killing his slaves. As this real tale unfolds, each one element turns out extra surprising, and surprises proceed within the aftermath, with a sensational trial galvanizing the state and staining a turning aspect within the therapy of black Americans.

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