Eternity at the End of a Rope: Executions, Lynchings and Vigilante Justice in Texas, 1819-1923
- ISBN-10
- 1632930889
- ISBN-13
- 9781632930880
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 668
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-03-03
- Publisher
- Sunstone Press
- Authors
- Clifford R. Caldwell, Ron DeLord
Description
Since 1819 over 3,000 souls found their personal “eternity at the end of a rope” in Texas. Some earned their way. Others were the victim of mistaken identity, or an act of vigilante justice. Deserved or not, when the hangman’s knot is pulled up tight and the black cap snugged down over your head it is too late to plead your case. This remarkable story begins in 1819 with the first legal hanging in Texas. By 1835 accounts of lynching dotted the records. Although by 1923 legal execution by hanging was discontinued in favor of the electric chair, vigilante justice remained a favorite pastime for some. The accounts of violence are numbing. The cultural and racial implications are profound, and offer a far more accurate, unbiased insight into the tally of African-American and Hispanic victims of mob violence in the Lone Star State than has ever been presented. Many of these deeds were nothing short of morbid theater, worthy of another era. This book is backed up by years of research and thousands of primary source documents. Includes Index and Bibliography.
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