Buried in the Bitter Waters The Hidden History of Racial Cleansing in America

Name: Buried in the Bitter Waters The Hidden History of Racial Cleansing in America
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ISBN: 9780465036370

ISBN-10: 0465036376

ISBN-13: 9780465036370

Edition: 2008

Authors: Elliot Jaspin

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0;Leave now, or die!1; Those words-or ones just as ominous-have echoed through the past hundred years of American history, heralding a very unnatural disaster-a wave of racial cleansing that wiped out or drove away black populations from counties across the nation. While we have long known about horrific episodes of lynching in the South, this story of racial cleansing has remained almost entirely unknown. These expulsions, always swift and often violent, were extraordinarily widespread in the period between Reconstruction and the Depression era. In the heart of the Midwest and the Deep South, whites rose up in rage, fear, and resentment to lash out at local blacks. They burned and killed…

Book details

List price: $21.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 5/6/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.97" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English