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Author:

Montgomery, Ben, author.

Title:

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

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

LittleBrown Spark,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

xvii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject:

Dinning, George.
Young, Bennett Henderson,--1843-1919.
African Americans--History.--Kentucky--History.
Trials--Kentucky--History.
Freedmen--Kentucky.
HISTORY / African American.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / African American & Black.
Kentucky--History.--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-272) and index.

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.

ISBN:

0316535540
9780316535540

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1153635279

LCCN:

2020947505

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