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Night Riders in Black Folk History
Night Riders in Black Folk History
Author: Gladys-Marie Fry
During and after the days of slavery in the United States, one way in which slaveowners, overseers, and other whites sought to control the black population was to encourage and exploit a fear of the supernatural. By planting rumors of evil spirits, haunted places, body-snatchers, and "night doctors"--even by masquerading as ghosts themselves--th...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780807849637
ISBN-10: 0807849634
Publication Date: 3/26/2001
Pages: 272
Edition: New Ed
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Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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