Lay This Body Down by Gregory A Freeman

Lay This Body Down by Gregory A Freeman

The John S. Williams plantation in Georgia was operated largely with the labor of slaves--and this was in 1921, 56 years after the Civil War. Williams was not alone in using peons, but his reaction to a federal investigation was almost unbelievable: he decided to destroy the evidence. Enlisting the aid of his trusted black farm boss, Clyde Manning, he began methodically killing his slaves. As this true story unfolds, each detail seems more shocking, and surprises continue in the aftermath, with a sensational trial galvanizing the nation and marking a turning point in the treatment of black Americans.

Freeman has written for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is the author of Sailors to the End. He currently resides in Roswell, Georgia.

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ISBN 13	9781556524479
ISBN 10	1556524471
Title	Lay This Body Down
Author	Gregory A Freeman
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Chicago Review Press
Year published	2002-07-01
Number of pages	224
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