Absolute Massacre

The New Orleans Race Riot of July 30, 1866

Häftad, Engelska, 2004

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Beskrivning

In the summer of 1866, racial tensions ran high in Louisiana as a constitutional convention considered disenfranchising former Confederates and enfranchising blacks. On July 30, a procession of black suffrage supporters pushed through an angry throng of hostile whites. Words were exchanged, shots rang out, and within minutes a riot erupted with unrestrained fury. When it was over, at least forty-eight men- an overwhelming majority of them black- lay dead and more than two hundred had been wounded. In An Absolute Massacre, James G. Hollandsworth, Jr., examines the events surrounding the confrontation and offers a compelling look at the racial tinderbox that was the post-Civil War South.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2004-10-01
Mått:165 x 225 x 14 mm
Vikt:286 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:192
Förlag:Louisiana State University Press
ISBN:9780807130292

Utforska kategorier

Amerikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

James G. Hollandsworth, Jr., was the author of The Louisiana Native Guards: The Black Military Experience during the Civil War and Pretense of Glory: The Life of Nathaniel P. Banks.

Recensioner i media

"Hollandsworth weaves a narrative of events shocking in themselves... almost wholly a police-perpetuated murder of dozens of blacks and pro-Union whites." - Booklist; "In sublime detail, and with a novelist's flair, Hollandsworth takes the reader through the [riot], almost by the hour, describing both the fear and the fury." - Register of the Kentucky Historical Society; "Riveting firsthand testimony and dramatic recreation of key events offer chilling insight into the deadly assault." - Journal of Southern History; "A superb narrative that brings to life the riot and its participants as never before." - North and South"