Lynching and Vigilantism in the United States

An Annotated Bibliography

Norton Moses

• Publisher: Greenwood
• Year: 1997
• Print ISBN: 9780313301773
• eBook ISBN: 9780313032028
• Edition: 1
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: North American History
• Index: History

Beginning with the 1760s, when lynching and vigilantism came into existence in what is now the United States, this bibliography fills a void in the history of American collective violence. It covers over 4, 200 works dealing with vigilante movements and lynchings, including books, articles, government documents, and unpublished theses and dissertations. Following a chapter listing general works, the book is arranged into four chronological chapters, a chapter on the frontier West, a chapter on anti-lynching, and chapters on literature and art. The book opens with a chapter devoted to general works. It then includes chapters on the period from the Colonial era to the Civil War, the Civil War through 1881, and the periods from 1882 to 1916 and 1917 to 1996. The work then turns to the frontier West and to anti-lynching bills, laws, organizations, and leaders. Finally, the book includes chapters on vigilantism in literature and art.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• I. General Works
• II. Origins to Civil War
• III. Civil War through 1881
• IV. 1882 through 1916
• V. 1917 through 1996
• VI. Frontier West, through 1890
• VII. Anti-Lynching (Bills, Laws, Organizations, and Leaders)
• VIII. Prose Fiction, Poems, Ballads, and Films
• IX. Works of Art
• Author Index
• Subject Index
• Additions