The Day Freedom Died
Book Details
Author(s)Charles Lane
PublisherHolt Paperbacks
ISBN / ASIN0805089225
ISBN-139780805089226
AvailabilityUsually dispatched within 24 hours
Sales Rank1,630,508
MarketplaceUnited Kingdom 🇬🇧
Description
The Day Freedom Died "Absorbing . . . Riveting . . . A legal thriller."--Kevin Boyle, "The New York Times Book Review"Following the Civil War, Colfax, Louisiana, was a town like many where African Americans and whites mingled uneasily. But on April 13, 1873, a small army of white ex-Confederate soldiers, enraged after attempts by freedmen to assert their new rights, killed more than sixty African Americans who had occ... Full description
