A Second Reckoning: Race, Injustice, and the Last Hanging in Annapolis

by Scott D. Seligman

Book Overview

2022 IPPY Silver Medal
2021 Foreword Indies Finalist in History
2021-22 Reader Views Literary Awards Silver Medal Winner
2021 Best Book Awards Finalist in US History sponsored by American Book Fest

A Second Reckoning tells the story of John Snowden, a Black man accused of the murder of a pregnant white woman in Annapolis, Maryland, in 1917. He refused to confess despite undergoing torture, was tried--through legal shenanigans--by...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1640124659
• ISBN13: 9781640124653
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Potomac Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.7" x 9.2"