![]() ![]() On April 22, 10 days after the alleged crime Hose was apprehended by two men and taken to the Newnan, Ga. Candler offered $ 500, Coweta County $ 250, the town of Palmetto $ 250 and a Mr. The Georgia Constitution described Hose in bold type on its front page, offering a $ 500 reward for his capture. ![]() Candler, not only was lynching was condoned but it was accepted and looked upon favorably by local politicians. Cranford and then raping his wife.ĭray, relying on contemporary sources, shows the state and local governments’ contempt for due process of the law when it came to people of color. Hose, 21, was a farmhand in Coweta, Georgia. In the chapter titled “A Negroes Life is a Very Cheap Thing in Georgia,” Dray depicts in vivid detail the lynching of Sam Hose in 1899. Philip Dray, co-author of We Are Not Afraid: The Story of Goodman, Shwerner, and Chaney and the Civil Rights Campaign for Mississippi, has brought to life the tortures and torments, hopes and aspirations of people of color, in his latest book.Īt the Hands of Persons Unknown: The Lynching of Black America is an amazing work of historiography and a stark reminder of America’s terrible history, told in a highly readable and informative fashion. At the Hands of Persons Unknown: The Lynching of Black America by Philip Dray. ![]()
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