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Who Killed John Clayton?: Political Violence and the Emergence of the New South, 1861-1893
Who Killed John Clayton Political Violence and the Emergence of the New South 18611893
Author: Kenneth C. Barnes
In 1888 a group of armed and masked Democrats stole a ballot box from a small town in Conway County, Arkansas. The box contained most of the county?s black Republican votes, thereby assuring defeat for candidate John Clayton in a close race for the U.S. Congress. Days after he announced he would contest the election, a volley of buckshot ripped ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780822320722
ISBN-10: 082232072X
Pages: 216
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Publisher: Duke University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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