The Forest City Lynching of 1900 : Populism, Racism, and White Supremacy in Rutherford County, North Carolina (Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies)

Cole, J. Timothy

McFarland & Co Inc（2003/08発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 203 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780786416233
• DDC分類 305.8009756918

Full Description

Politics in Rutherford County were heated a century ago: the developing textile industry, the growing population, an agricultural crisis and race relations inflamed everyone. Mills Higgins Flack, a leader of the Farmers' Alliance and the county's first Populist in the state House, was allegedly murdered on August 28, 1900, by Avery Mills, an African American. This book documents the murder and the lynching of Avery Mills. The author (Flack's great-great-grandson) considers the phenomena of racial lynching, the Populist movement in the county, the white supremacy movement of the state's Democratic party and the county's KKK activities.

Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     

Preface     

Introduction     

1 Mills Higgins Flack and the Agrarian Revolt in Rutherford     

2 The Fusion Era and White Supremacy in Rutherford     

3 The Forest City Lynching and Its Aftermath     

4 Epilog: The Silence of Dishonor     

Appendix I. A Partial List of Members (Chiefly Officers) of the Farmers' Alliance in Rutherford     

Appendix II. Populist Candidates in Rutherford (1892-1898)     

Appendix III. The Charlotte Daily Observer Article of 29 August 1900     

Appendix IV. The Charlotte Daily Observer Article of 31 August 1900     

Appendix V. Affidavit Submitted by Raney Mills to Rutherford County Superior Court, Fall 1900, and the Order of Judge Shaw, Etc.     

Appendix VI. Research on the Origins and Revolutionary Services of the Flacks of Guilford and Rutherford Counties     

Appendix VII. Plato Durham, John Baxter Eaves and the Ku Klux Conspiracy in Rutherford     

Notes     

Bibliography     

Index