Pennsylvania Hall: A 'legal Lynching' in the Shadow of the Liberty Bell

by Beverly C. Tomek

Book Overview

Offering a gripping narrative of one of the most notorious anti-abolition and anti-black riots to take place in the antebellum U.S., Pennsylvania Hall: A 'Legal Lynching' in the Shadow of the Liberty Bell provides a thorough explanation of the complexities of American antislavery and describes a society that was struggling to recreate itself in the wake of emancipation. Part of the Critical Historical Encounters series, Pennsylvania...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199837600
• ISBN13: 9780199837601
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.1"