By Alice Morse Earle.
A brief and somewhat sensational review of typical punishments of the middle ages with illustrations of each..
Chicago. Stone (1896) 173p.
By Albert Hartshorne.
‘And humanity would recoil to-day with abhorrence from the actual gibbet, sensation itself would be stunned at the punishment for High Treason, the drawing and quartering of patriots, whose names may shine in history " through their tears like wrinkled pebbles in a glassy stream." It will be borne in mind that the gallows and the gibbet are the most ancient instruments of capital punishment in the world.’ NY. Cassell Publishing (1893) 160p.
By Ida B. Wells-Barnett.
Lynch Law in All Its Phases. “The Afro-American is not a bestial race. If this work can contribute in any way toward proving this, and at the same time arouse the conscience of the American people to a demand for justice to every citizen, and punishment by law for the lawless, I shall feel I have done my race a service. Other considerations are of minor importance.”
Harrow and Heston Classic Reprint. (1892, 1893, 1894) 33 pages.
By Ida B. Wells-Barnett.
A Six-Weeks’ Record in the Center of Southern Civilization, As Faithfully Chronicled by the “Atlanta Journal” and the “Atlanta Constitution.” Also the full report ofLouis P. Levin. 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. This Pamphlet is Circulated by Chicago Colored Citizens. 2939 Princeton Avenue, Chicago.
Harrow and Heston Classic Reprint. (1899) 20 pages.