A Second Reckoning tells the story of the 1917 murder that led to the last hanging in Annapolis, Maryland, and makes an appeal for posthumous justice, especially where racial prejudice may have tainted a case.
A Second Reckoning tells the story of the 1917 murder that led to the last hanging in Annapolis, Maryland, and makes an appeal for posthumous justice, especially where racial prejudice may have tainted a case. Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Scott D. Seligman is a writer and historian. He is the author of numerous books, including The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902: Immigrant Housewives and the Riots That Shook New York City (Potomac Books, 2020), the award-winning The Third Degree: The Triple Murder That Shook Washington and Changed American Criminal Justice (Potomac Books, 2018), and The First Chinese American: The Remarkable Life of Wong Chin Foo.
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List of Illustrations Preface Dramatis Personae A Note on Language Prologue Part 1. 1917 1. “A Love Match, Pure and Simple” 2. “Aren’t You Going to Come and Kiss Me?” 3. “Altogether Separate and Different Lives” 4. “All Annapolis Is Shocked” 5. “Not the Faintest Clue, Theory, or Speculation” 6. “The Woman Sherlock Holmes” 7. “The More Delicate Hand of a Woman” 8. “His Name Is Snowden” 9. “We Have Got This Negro Dead Right” 10. “A Maze of Circumstantial Evidence” 11. “I Ain’t Scared” 12. “Guilty Men and Women Do Not Always Confess” 13. “Fairer for the Man, the County, the State” Part 2. 1918 14. “Most Heinous and Diabolical” 15. “Could Not Have Come from a White Person” 16. “It Was Ten Minutes after Eleven When I Got Up” 17. “The Man Shoved a Gun against My Head” 18. “The Homes of White Women Must Be Protected” 19. “Defending Snowden Is Defending the Black People of Maryland” 20. “We Have Found No Reversible Error” Part 3. 1919 21. “I Forgive Their False Oaths” 22. “This Is No Case for Mercy” 23. “You Can Appeal to Me until Doomsday” 24. “I Could Not Leave This World with a Lie in My Mouth” Part 4. 2000 25. “Race Is All Over This Case” Part 5. 2001–3 26. “There’s Great Jubilation in the Community” Afterword Epilogue Acknowledgments Chronology Notes Further Reading Index
List of Illustrations Preface Dramatis Personae A Note on Language Prologue Part 1. 1917 1. “A Love Match, Pure and Simple” 2. “Aren’t You Going to Come and Kiss Me?” 3. “Altogether Separate and Different Lives” 4. “All Annapolis Is Shocked” 5. “Not the Faintest Clue, Theory, or Speculation” 6. “The Woman Sherlock Holmes” 7. “The More Delicate Hand of a Woman” 8. “His Name Is Snowden” 9. “We Have Got This Negro Dead Right” 10. “A Maze of Circumstantial Evidence” 11. “I Ain’t Scared” 12. “Guilty Men and Women Do Not Always Confess” 13. “Fairer for the Man, the County, the State” Part 2. 1918 14. “Most Heinous and Diabolical” 15. “Could Not Have Come from a White Person” 16. “It Was Ten Minutes after Eleven When I Got Up” 17. “The Man Shoved a Gun against My Head” 18. “The Homes of White Women Must Be Protected” 19. “Defending Snowden Is Defending the Black People of Maryland” 20. “We Have Found No Reversible Error” Part 3. 1919 21. “I Forgive Their False Oaths” 22. “This Is No Case for Mercy” 23. “You Can Appeal to Me until Doomsday” 24. “I Could Not Leave This World with a Lie in My Mouth” Part 4. 2000 25. “Race Is All Over This Case” Part 5. 2001–3 26. “There’s Great Jubilation in the Community” Afterword Epilogue Acknowledgments Chronology Notes Further Reading Index
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