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

Table Of Contents

The whites would be bent on revenge -- "That protection which the law refuses to give" -- "They treated him more than bad and myself all so" -- "The people say that Dinning was a worthless Negro" -- "We turned and shot back at the house" -- To defend ourselves -- "There was a good many holes" -- "A bullet came through my hair" -- Son of the South -- A bad man -- "The praiseworthy act of killing" -- "May the Lord protect us, or the Devil take us" -- "I will never come back to Kentucky" -- Indiana -- "Mass of blood and bones" -- The true situation -- "A Negro's life is a very cheap thing" -- Derby Day -- "There was a great rejoicing in Hell this morning" -- "The outcome was regarded as sensational" -- Squat and fire -- "I want to die in the old blue grass" -- "Some of this falls down to us"

Classification