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- GLC#
- GLC09304
- Type
- Books & pamphlets
- Date
- 1878
- Author/Creator
- Wells, James M., fl. 1878
- Title
- The Chisolm Massacre: A Picture of "Home Rule" in Mississippi
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 331 p. :
- Primary time period
- Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
- Sub-Era
- The Gilded Age
The Chisolm Massacre: A Picture of "Home Rule" in Mississippi. 2nd edition, published by the Chisolm Monument Association. In 1877, Judge Chisolm was accused of assassinating a Democratic political opponent. He, his son and daughter and two friends were killed by a 300-strong mob reported to be the Ku Klux Klan. No one was punished for the murders.
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