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A Second Reckoning: Race, Injustice, and the Last Hanging in Annapolis
By Seligman, Scott D.
- ISBN
- 9781640124653
- Publisher
- Potomac
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Reviewed on July 30, 2021 | Social Sciences
In this page-turner, historian Seligman (The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902) doggedly digs up seemingly every detail on the arrest, trial, conviction, and post-trial experiences of John Snowden, a Black man convicted of murdering a pregnant white woman in Annapolis, MD, in 1917. The murder and trial gained national attention due to sensationalistic reports from the press; fevered worries about racial unrest amid early mobilization for World War I; and the persistent efforts by Sn...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
