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Author Montgomery, Ben, author.

Title A shot in the moonlight : how a freed slave and a Confederate soldier fought for justice in the Jim Crow south / Ben Montgomery.

Publication Info. New York : Little, Brown Spark, 2021.

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Edition First edition.
Description xvii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-272) and index.
Summary A true tale of justice in the Jim Crow south relates the story of George Dinning, a freed slave who was wrongfully convicted of murder after defending himself against a white mob and later won damages against them in court with the help of a Confederate war hero-turned-lawyer.
Subject Dinning, George.
African Americans -- Crimes against -- Kentucky -- Simpson County -- History.
Trials -- Kentucky -- Simpson County -- History.
Kentucky -- Race relations -- History.
Freed persons -- Kentucky.
Young, Bennett Henderson, 1843-1919.
HISTORY / African American.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / African American & Black.
Young, Bennett Henderson, 1843-1919. (OCoLC)fst00038809
African Americans -- Crimes against. (OCoLC)fst00799595
Freedmen. (OCoLC)fst00933987
Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
Trials. (OCoLC)fst01156290
Kentucky. (OCoLC)fst01204494
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Biographies.
ISBN 9780316535540 (hardcover)
0316535540 (hardcover)
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