Bibliograph

A shot in the moonlight, how a freed slave and a Confederate soldier fought for justice in the Jim Crow south, Ben Montgomery

Type

Label

A shot in the moonlight, how a freed slave and a Confederate soldier fought for justice in the Jim Crow south, Ben Montgomery

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-272) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A shot in the moonlight

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1153635279

Responsibility statement

Ben Montgomery

Sub title

how a freed slave and a Confederate soldier fought for justice in the Jim Crow south

Summary

A true tale of justice in the Jim Crow south relates the story of George Dinning, a freed slave who was wrongfully convicted of murder after defending himself against a white mob and later won damages against them in court with the help of a Confederate war hero-turned-lawyer

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