"What virtue there is in fire"
cultural memory and the lynching of Sam Hose
by Edwin T. Arnold
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"The 1899 lynching of Sma Hose in Newnan, Georgia, was one of the earliest and most gruesome events in a tragic chapter of U.S. history. Hose was a black laborer accused of killing Alfred Cranford, a white farmer, and raping his wife. The national media closely followed the manhunt and Hose's capture. An armed mob intercepted Hose's Atlanta-bound train and took the prisoner back to Newnan. There, in front of a large gathering on a Sunday afternoon, Hose was mutilated and set on fire. His body was dismembered and pieces of it were kept by souvenir hunters ... Arnold analyzes newspapers, letters, and speeches to understand reactions to this brutal incident, without trying to resolve the still-disputed facts of the crime."--Jacket.
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History, Lynching, Race relations, Murder, Influence, Racism, Crimes against, African Americans, Hose, Sam, -- d. 1899, Hose, Sam, -- d. 1899 -- Influence, Lynching -- Georgia -- Coweta County -- History -- 19th century, African Americans -- Crimes against -- Georgia -- Coweta County -- History, Murder -- Georgia -- Coweta County -- History -- 19th century, Racism -- Georgia -- Coweta County -- History, Coweta County (Ga.) -- Race relations -- HistoryPeople
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"What virtue there is in fire": cultural memory and the lynching of Sam Hose
2009, University of Georgia Press
in English
082032891X 9780820328911
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