Night Riders in Black Folk History

Night Riders in Black Folk History
ISBN-10
0807849634
ISBN-13
9780807849637
Category
Social Science
Pages
251
Language
English
Published
2001
Publisher
UNC Press Books
Author
Gladys-Marie Fry

Description

During and after the days of slavery in the United States, one way in which slaveowners, overseers, and other whites sought to control the black population was to encourage and exploit a fear of the supernatural. By planting rumors of evil spirits, haunte

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