Author: Dwight Edwards Woodbridge
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Category : Duluth (Minn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 552
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History of Duluth and St. Louis County, Past and Present
Author: Dwight Edwards Woodbridge
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Category : Duluth (Minn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Duluth (Minn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
History of Duluth and St. Louis County, Past and Present
Author: Dwight Edwards Woodbridge
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Duluth (Minn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Duluth (Minn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
History of Duluth and St. Louis County, Past and Present
Author: Dwight Edwards Woodbridge
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ISBN: 9781403506559
Category : Duluth (Minn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 893
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Co-edited by Minnesota authors Dwight E. Woodbridge and John S. Pardee.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781403506559
Category : Duluth (Minn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 893
Book Description
Co-edited by Minnesota authors Dwight E. Woodbridge and John S. Pardee.
The Cumulative Book Index
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 832
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 832
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Bibliography of State Participation in the Civil War 1861-1866 ...
Author: United States. War Department. Library
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1172
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1172
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Duluth and St. Louis County, Minnesota; Their Story and People
Author: Walter Van Brunt
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Category : Duluth (Minn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 560
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Category : Duluth (Minn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 560
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Norwegian Sailors on the Great Lakes
Author: Knut Gjerset
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Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 282
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Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 282
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Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society
Author: Minnesota Historical Society
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Category : Dakota Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 766
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Category : Dakota Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 766
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Minnesota History Bulletin
Author: Solon Justus Buck
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Category : Minnesota
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
Vols. 2-6 include the 19th-23d Biennial reports of the Society, 1915/16-1923/24 (in v. 2-3 as supplements, in v. 4-6 as extra numbers)
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Category : Minnesota
Languages : en
Pages : 704
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Vols. 2-6 include the 19th-23d Biennial reports of the Society, 1915/16-1923/24 (in v. 2-3 as supplements, in v. 4-6 as extra numbers)
Legacy of Violence
Author: John D. Bessler
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 1452905347
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
The first comprehensive history of lynchings and state-sanctioned executions in Minnesota. Minnesota is one of only twelve states that does not allow the death penalty, but that was not always the case. In fact, until 1911 executions in the state were legal and frequently carried out. In Legacy of Violence, John D. Bessler takes us on a compelling journey through the history of lynchings and state-sanctioned executions that dramatically shaped Minnesota's past. Through personal accounts of those involved with the events, Bessler traces the history of both famous and lesser-known executions and lynchings in Minnesota, the state's anti-death penalty and anti-lynching movements, and the role of the media in the death penalty debate. Bessler reveals Abraham Lincoln's thoughts as he ordered the largest mass execution in U.S. history of thirty-eight Indians in Mankato after the Dakota Conflict of 1862. He recounts the events surrounding the death of Ann Bilansky, the only woman ever executed in Minnesota, and the infamous botched hanging of William Williams, which led to renewed calls for the abolition of capital punishment. He tells the story of the 1920 lynching in Duluth of three African-American circus workers--wrongfully accused of rape--and the anti-lynching crusade that followed. The significant role that Minnesota played in America's transformation to private, after-dark executions is presented in the discussion of the "midnight assassination law." Bessler's account is made more timely by the thirty-five hundred people on death row in America today--more than at any other time in our nation's history. Is Minnesota's current approach superior to that of states that have capitalpunishment? Bessler looks at Minnesota history to ask whether the application of the death penalty can truly solve the problem of violence in America.
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 1452905347
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
The first comprehensive history of lynchings and state-sanctioned executions in Minnesota. Minnesota is one of only twelve states that does not allow the death penalty, but that was not always the case. In fact, until 1911 executions in the state were legal and frequently carried out. In Legacy of Violence, John D. Bessler takes us on a compelling journey through the history of lynchings and state-sanctioned executions that dramatically shaped Minnesota's past. Through personal accounts of those involved with the events, Bessler traces the history of both famous and lesser-known executions and lynchings in Minnesota, the state's anti-death penalty and anti-lynching movements, and the role of the media in the death penalty debate. Bessler reveals Abraham Lincoln's thoughts as he ordered the largest mass execution in U.S. history of thirty-eight Indians in Mankato after the Dakota Conflict of 1862. He recounts the events surrounding the death of Ann Bilansky, the only woman ever executed in Minnesota, and the infamous botched hanging of William Williams, which led to renewed calls for the abolition of capital punishment. He tells the story of the 1920 lynching in Duluth of three African-American circus workers--wrongfully accused of rape--and the anti-lynching crusade that followed. The significant role that Minnesota played in America's transformation to private, after-dark executions is presented in the discussion of the "midnight assassination law." Bessler's account is made more timely by the thirty-five hundred people on death row in America today--more than at any other time in our nation's history. Is Minnesota's current approach superior to that of states that have capitalpunishment? Bessler looks at Minnesota history to ask whether the application of the death penalty can truly solve the problem of violence in America.