Book contents
- At the Altar of Lynching
- Cambridge Studies on the American South
- At the Altar of Lynching
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction: Lynching and Altars
- 1 Before the Burning
- 2 Sex, Danger, and Religion
- 3 Kindling for the Fire
- 4 Burning Sam Hose
- 5 After the Fury
- 6 After the Fury
- 7 At the Altar
- Notes
- Index
3 - Kindling for the Fire
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 September 2017
- At the Altar of Lynching
- Cambridge Studies on the American South
- At the Altar of Lynching
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction: Lynching and Altars
- 1 Before the Burning
- 2 Sex, Danger, and Religion
- 3 Kindling for the Fire
- 4 Burning Sam Hose
- 5 After the Fury
- 6 After the Fury
- 7 At the Altar
- Notes
- Index
Summary
“Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, whether neither moth nor rust doth corrupt; and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is will be your heart also.”
Christian Bible KJV, Matthew 6: 20–21“Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall he answer them saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.”
Christian Bible KJV, Matthew 25: 44–45“Make a chain,/ For the land is filled with crimes of blood,/And the city is full of violence… ./ Destruction comes;/ They will seek peace, but there shall be none./ Disaster will come upon disaster/ And rumor will be upon rumor./ Then they will seek a vision from a prophet;/ But the law will perish from the priest,/ And counsel from the elders.”
Christian Bible KJV, Ezekiel : 23, 25–26***
On the third Sunday after Easter in 1899 about forty miles southwest of Atlanta in Newnan, Georgia, a white crowd burned to death a fugitive black laborer known as Sam Hose. This atrocity blended anger, hatred, arrogance, festivity, brutality and satisfaction into a mood just beyond comprehension. “Glory!” shouted an excited man enraptured by the intensity of the moment, “Glory be to God!!”
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- At the Altar of LynchingBurning Sam Hose in the American South, pp. 92 - 138Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017