MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 91898209
003 DLC
005 20150216073203.0
008 910508s1899 ilu 000 0 eng
010 $a 91898209
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aE449$b.D16 vol. 16, no. 12
051 $aE449$b.D16 vol. C, no. 4
051 $aHV6465.G4$bW45 1899$cCopy 1. "Scarce": in the hand of Houdini.
100 1 $aWells-Barnett, Ida B.,$d1862-1931.
245 10 $aLynch law in Georgia :$ba six-weeks' record in the center of southern civilization, as faithfully chronicled by the "Atlanta journal" and the "Atlanta constitution" : also the full report of Louis P. Le Vin, the Chicago detective sent to investigate the burning of Samuel Hose, the torture and hanging of Elijah Strickland, the colored preacher, and the lynching of nine men for alleged arson /$cby Ida B. Wells-Barnett.
260 $aChicago :$bThis pamphlet is circulated by Chicago colored citizens ...,$c[1899]
300 $a18 p. ;$c20 cm.
500 $aCover title.
500 $a"June 20, 1899": p. [2] of cover.
500 $aPagination includes p. [3-4] of cover.
520 $aAccounts of nine lynchings as recorded in two major Georgia newspapers as a commentary on southern white racism, together with results of a private investigation of the incidents to ascertain the facts. Wells-Barnett hoped to use this information in an appeal to stop such lawlessness.
530 $aAlso available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.
500 $aLC copy has annotations in pencil; on t.p.: 1889.$5DLC
650 0 $aLynching$zGeorgia.
600 10 $aHose, Samuel.
600 10 $aStrickland, Elijah.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$zGeorgia.
700 1 $aLe Vin, Louis P.
710 2 $aDaniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)$5DLC
710 2 $aHarry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)$5DLC
856 41 $3Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection copy$dlcrbmrp$ft1612$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/lcrbmrp.t1612