A shot in the moonlight: how a freed slave and a Confederate soldier fought for justice in the Jim Crow south
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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.
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African Americans.
Dinning, George, -- approximately 1857-1930.
Freed persons -- Kentucky.
Kentucky -- Race relations -- History.
Kentucky.
Trials -- Kentucky -- Simpson County -- History.
Trials.
Young, Bennett H. -- (Bennett Henderson), -- 1843-1919.
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Montgomery, B. (2021). A shot in the moonlight: how a freed slave and a Confederate soldier fought for justice in the Jim Crow south. First edition. New York, Little, Brown Spark.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Montgomery, Ben. 2021. A Shot in the Moonlight: How a Freed Slave and a Confederate Soldier Fought for Justice in the Jim Crow South. New York, Little, Brown Spark.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Montgomery, Ben, A Shot in the Moonlight: How a Freed Slave and a Confederate Soldier Fought for Justice in the Jim Crow South. New York, Little, Brown Spark, 2021.
MLA Citation (style guide)Montgomery, Ben. A Shot in the Moonlight: How a Freed Slave and a Confederate Soldier Fought for Justice in the Jim Crow South. First edition. New York, Little, Brown Spark, 2021.
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505 | 0 | |a The whites would be bent on revenge -- "That protection which the law refuses to give" -- "They treated him more than bad and myself all so" -- "The people say that Dinning was a worthless Negro" -- "We turned and shot back at the house" -- To defend ourselves -- "There was a good many holes" -- "A bullet came through my hair" -- Son of the South -- A bad man -- "The praiseworthy act of killing" -- "May the Lord protect us, or the Devil take us" -- "I will never come back to Kentucky" -- Indiana -- "Mass of blood and bones" -- The true situation -- "A Negro's life is a very cheap thing" -- Derby Day -- "There was a great rejoicing in Hell this morning" -- "The outcome was regarded as sensational" -- Squat and fire -- "I want to die in the old blue grass" -- "Some of this falls down to us". | |
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