Description |
1 online resource (viii, 215 pages) : maps |
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ACLS Humanities E-book |
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ACLS Humanities E-Book
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Contents |
A celebration -- Borderlands -- Landlords, renter, intruders, and fraud -- Murder and riders after vengeance -- Seminole burning -- Defense of burning -- A matter of jurisdiction -- Horace Speed, special prosecutor -- The trials -- Justice on the balance |
Summary |
"In 1898 after the murder of a white woman, two young Seminoles were chained and burned alive." "Hiding behind a wall of silence and fearing reprisal for identifying the executioners, virtually the entire white community became involved with the ghastly execution." "In this absorbing narrative Daniel F. Littlefield, Jr., captures the horror and details the events that incited this alarming act of mob violence and community complicity. Seminole Burning not only gives an account of a dramatic, violent chapter in Indian-white relations but also provides insights into the social, economic, and legal history of the times." "Because the lynchers took the victims out of Indian Territory and into the new state of Oklahoma for execution, the case became a target for federal investigation. With the conviction of six this became the first successful prosecution of lynchers in the Southwest."--Jacket |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-208) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Subject |
Seminole Indians -- History -- 19th century
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Seminole Indians -- Social conditions
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Seminole Indians -- Land tenure
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Indians, Treatment of -- Oklahoma -- Pottawatomie County
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Lynching -- Oklahoma -- Pottawatomie County -- History -- 19th century
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HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
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Indians, Treatment of
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Lynching
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Race relations
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Seminole Indians
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Seminole Indians -- Land tenure
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Seminole Indians -- Social conditions
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Séminole (Indiens) -- 19e siècle.
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Séminole (Indiens) -- Conditions sociales.
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Séminole (Indiens) -- Propriété foncière.
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Lynchage -- États-Unis -- Oklahoma -- Histoire -- 19e siècle.
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SUBJECT |
Pottawatomie County (Okla.) -- History -- 19th century
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Pottawatomie County (Okla.) -- Race relations
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Oklahoma -- Pottawatomie County
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Oklahoma (États-Unis) -- 19e siècle.
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Oklahoma (États-Unis) -- Relations interethniques.
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
96016413 |
ISBN |
0585201579 |
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9780585201573 |
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