A Propensity for Violence

by Lawrence Hutton

In the spring of May 19th, 1918, in Brooks County Georgia, a large group of white men lynched a 8th month pregnant Mary Turner. Simply for speaking against the lynching of her husband the day before. As they lynched her they tied her feet and proceeded to hang her upside down and then poured gasoline on her and set her a fire. Sadly, she did not die right away. As she hung there burning one of the men took a butcher knife and cut the baby from her...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0BW1YLYXJ
• ISBN13: 9798218149055
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: R. R. Bowker
• Length: 134 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"