A Shot in the Moonlight
How a Freed Slave and a Confederate Soldier Fought for Justice in the Jim Crow South
New York : Little, Brown Spark, 2021.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xvii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
A true tale of justice in the Jim Crow south relates the story of George Dinning, a freed slave who was wrongfully convicted of murder after defending himself against a white mob and later won damages against them in court with the help of a Confederate war hero-turned-lawyer.
Subjects:
Dinning, George.
Young, Bennett H. (Bennett Henderson), 1843-1919.
African Americans -- Crimes against -- Kentucky -- History.
Trials -- Kentucky -- History.
Freed persons -- Kentucky.
Kentucky -- Race relations -- History.
Dinning, George.
Young, Bennett H. (Bennett Henderson), 1843-1919.
African Americans -- Crimes against -- Kentucky -- History.
Trials -- Kentucky -- History.
Freed persons -- Kentucky.
Kentucky -- Race relations -- History.
ISBN:
9780316535540
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