Snow-Storm in August: The Struggle for American Freedom and Washington's Race Riot of 1835

by Jefferson Morley

Book Overview

In 1835, the city of Washington simmered with racial tension as newly freed African Americans from the South poured in, outnumbering slaves for the first time. Among the enslaved was nineteen-year-old Arthur Bowen, who stumbled home drunkenly one night, picked up an axe, and threatened his owner, respected socialite Anna Thornton. Despite no blood being shed, Bowen was eventually arrested and tried for attempted murder by district attorney Francis...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307477487
• ISBN13: 9780307477484
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.9" x 8.3"