Who Killed John Clayton?: Political Violence and the Emergence of the New South, 1861-1893

by Kenneth C. Barnes

Book Overview

In 1888 a group of armed and masked Democrats stole a ballot box from a small town in Conway County, Arkansas. The box contained most of the county's black Republican votes, thereby assuring defeat for candidate John Clayton in a close race for the U.S. Congress. Days after he announced he would contest the election, a volley of buckshot ripped through Clayton's hotel window, killing him instantly. Thus began a yet-to-be-solved, century-old mystery.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082232072X
• ISBN13: 9780822320722
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 9.2"