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bentont
, July 05, 2008
I presently live in the county where the events described in this book took place. As a matter of fact, Jesse Wilson, was my great-great-great Uncle. The presentation in this book paints a picture of the South that parallels the same happenings of today. Although Blacks have come a long way, the same backward thinking and approach to problem solving still exists. I think the authors brilliantly tells the story of the racist South that has some semblance to ocurrences today. I find the facts absoultely mind boggling. I have cousins who remembered part of those stories as told by my Uncle and its chilling to know what those men went through. However, it is also frustrating to know that my Uncle's property was taken by the Probate Judge at that time and is still in his family. My cousin tells the story of standing in the yard in the mornings to see hundreds of cows dead. Klu Klux negroes did the biddings of the cowardly mainstream. Uncle Jesse owned several acres of land and had more money than most whites. We think he died of a broken heart!
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