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Title The family tree : a lynching in Georgia, a legacy of secrets, and my search for the truth / Karen Branan.
Author Branan, Karen.
Publication Info. New York : Atria Books, 2016.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  364.134 BRA    Check Shelves
Edition First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Description xii, 292 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
text txt rdacontent.
unmediated n rdamedia.
volume nc rdacarrier.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-278) and index.
Contents Prologue -- My Sweet Village -- Plantation Politics -- The Unveiling -- New Sheriff in Town -- Norman's Murder -- Though Silent He Speaks -- Negro Desperadoes -- Nobody's Negroes -- Vendettas -- Brazen Iniquity -- The Heroines -- Race Wars -- Clutch of Circumstance -- Special Court -- The Die is Cast -- The Lynching -- "So Quietly Was the Work Done" -- Parties Unknown -- "..died with their boots on" -- Roaring Twenties -- The Ladies' Ultimatum -- The curse continues -- Dad Doug -- Guilt and Innocence --Enslaved by History.
Summary A true account of the hanging of four black people by a white lynch mob in 1912, written by a descendant of the sheriff charged with protecting them, draws on diaries and letters to piece together the events and motives that led up to the tragedy.
Subject Lynching -- Georgia -- Hamilton -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Crimes against -- Georgia -- Hamilton -- History -- 20th century.
Branan, Karen -- Family.
Family secrets -- Georgia -- Hamilton.
Sheriffs -- Georgia -- Hamilton -- Biography.
Racism -- Georgia -- Hamilton -- History -- 20th century.
Plantation life -- Political aspects -- Georgia -- Hamilton -- History -- 20th century.
Miscegenation -- Georgia -- Hamilton -- History -- 20th century.
Hamilton (Ga.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Hamilton (Ga.) -- Biography.
ISBN 1476717184 (hardcover) : $26.00
9781476717180 (hardcover)
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