Documenting American Violence A Sourcebook

, by Waldrep, Christopher; Bellesiles, Michael

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Violence Forms a Constant Backdrop to American history, from the revolutionary overthrow of British rule, to the struggle for civil rights, to the present-day debates over the death penalty. It has served to challenge authority, defend privilege, advance causes, and throttle hopes.

INTRODUCTION

(316)

1 CRIME AS SOCIAL DRAMA

Hugh Stone, a Convicted Murderer, on the Sin of Murder, 1698

(4)

Jereboam O. Beauchamp Confesses to Murdering Solomon P. Sharp, 1825

(6)

Harry Thaw's Account of His Murder of Stanford White, 1906

(3)

Rev. Madison Peters Justifies the Murder of Stanford White, 1907

(3)

Jeffrey Toobin on the O.J. Simpson Trial, 1995

(4)

2 THE CONQUEST OF AMERICA

(38)

VIRGINIA'S CAPITAL LAWS

Laws of the Colony of Virginea, 1610-1611

(3)

THE PEQUOT WAR

Capt. John Underhill's Account of the Mystic Massacre, 1637

(3)

KIEFT'S WAR

David De Vries Describes the Beginnings of Kieft's War, 1642

(3)

BACON'S REBELLION

An Anonymous Account of the Rebellion in Virginia, 1676

(3)

THE PUEBLO UPRISING AND ITS SUPPRESSION

Governor Antonio de Otermin's Report on the Uprising in New Mexico, 1680

(2)

Spanish Officials Question the Pueblo Indian Josephe, 1681

(1)

Don Carlos de Sigúenza y Góngora Describes the Reconquest of New Mexico, 1692

(4)

THE SALEM WITCHCRAFT TRIALS

Thomas Brattle's Account of Witchcraft, 1692

(4)

THE PAXTON BOYS

Benjamin Franklin's Narrative of the Massacres, 1763

(9)

3 REVOLUTIONARY VIOLENCE

THE NORTH CAROLINA REGULATORS

The Petition from the Inhabitants of Orange County, North Carolina, 1770

(1)

Judge Richard Henderson Confronts a Riot in Hillsborough, North Carolina, 1770

(3)

The Virginia Gazette Reports on the Battle of Alamance, 1771

(1)

THE BOSTON MASSACRE

The Town of Boston Presents Its Version of the Massacre, 1770

(5)

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION BEGINS

Reverend Jonas Clark Describes the Encounter at Lexington, 1775

(2)

Ensign Henry De Bernicre Offers the British View of Lexington and Concord

(4)

REVOLUTIONARY INSTITUTIONS

Major General Steuben on the Opportunities of War, 1779

(2)

Colonel George Rogers Clark on the Conquest of the West, 1779

(2)

General Nathanael Greene on the Difficulties of Sustaining the War, 1781

(4)

BATTLING DISSENT

Rivington's Gazette on the Harassment of Loyalists, 1775

(3)

Wm. Christian, Col. William Preston, Capt. Patrick Lockhart, and Col. Charles Lynch on the Revolutionary Origins of Lynching, 1779-1780

102

(2)

SHAYS'S REBELLION

General William Shephard on the Confrontation at Springfield, Massachusetts, 1787

104

(2)

The Town of Coleraine Petitions for Mercy for the Shaysites, 1787

106

(1)

General Benjamin Lincoln Crushes Shays's Rebellion, 1787

107

(2)

Thomas Jefferson on the Need for the Occasional Revolution, 1787

109

(4)

4 SLAVERY

113

(30)

SLAVE LAW

Colonial Virginia Slave Laws

115

(1)

Mississippi's Slave Code, 1848

116

(2)

North Carolina's Supreme Court Considers the Murder Conviction of the Slave Caesar, 1849

118

(6)

SLAVE REVOLT IN VIRGINIA

Nat Turner Describes His Rebellion, 1831

124

(4)

A SLAVE INSURRECTION IN MISSISSIPPI

The Vigilantes of Madison County, Mississippi, Justify Their Actions, 1835

128

(5)

DUELING

White Mississippians Debate Dueling, 1844

133

(2)

THE DAILY EXPERIENCE OF CRUELTY

Frederick Douglass Searches for the Meaning of Violence in a Slave Regime, 1855

135

(8)

5 THE CIVIL WAR

143

(28)

HARPERS FERRY

The National Intelligencer Describes Events at Harpers Ferry, 1859

148

(4)

THE EXPERIENCE OF BATTLE

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. on the Nature of Warfare, 1861, 1862, 1864

152

(5)

THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG

The British Officer James A.L. Fremantle Observes the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863

157

(4)

THE NEW YORK CITY DRAFT RIOTS

David M. Barnes Records the Violence of the New York City Riots, 1863

161

(4)

ANDERSONVILLE

Excerpts from the Diary of POW John L. Ransom, 1864

165

(2)

THE ASSASSINATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN

Thomas M. Harris Documents the Conspiracy to Assassinate Lincoln, 1865

167

(4)

6 THE NEW SOUTH

171

(36)

BLACK CODES

Mississippi's Black Code, 1865

173

(2)

NEW ORLEANS RACE RIOT

J.D. O'Connell's Testimony before the House of Representatives, 1866

175

(2)

THE KU KLUX KLAN

Henry Lowther's Testimony before a Congressional Committee, 1871

177

(3)

THE VICKSBURG MASSACRE

James M. Batchelor Describes the Massacre, 1874

180

(1)

Testimony of Andrew Owen before the House of Representatives, 1874

181

(2)

James M. Batchelor Writes of the Thrill of Violence, 1875

183

(2)

CALLS FOR A BLACK DEFENSE FORCE

Timothy Thomas Fortune's Speech Calling for Self-Defense, 1884

185

(1)

THE CARROLLTON MASSACRE

James K. Vardaman Justifies the Carrollton Tragedy, 1886

186

(3)

LYNCHING

Ida B. Wells Documents the Violence against Black Americans, 1895

189

(5)

WILMINGTON RACE RIOTS

Colonel Alfred M. Waddell Justifies a Race Riot, 1898

194

(4)

WHITE OPPOSITION TO MOB VIOLENCE

John Gordon Cashman Warns of the Danger of Lawlessness, 1902, 1904.

198

(2)

THE TULSA RACE RIOTS

The Oklahoma Commission to Study the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 Seeks Reparations, 2001

200

(7)

7 THE WILD WEST IN MYTH AND REALITY

207

(38)

THE MEXICAN WAR

A Group of Mexican Editors Blame U.S. Aggression for an Unnecessary War, 1850

216

(5)

THE LITTLE BIGHORN MASSACRE

The Chicago Tribune Reports Custer's Defeat, 1876

221

(2)

Hamlin Garland Records the Cheyenne Two Moon's Version of the Battle, 1876

223

(4)

BILLY THE KID

Pat Garrett's Version of the Lincoln County War, 1877

227

(4)

POPULAR TRIBUNALS

Hubert Howe Bancroft Defends Vigilance Committees, 1887

231

(4)

THE VIRGINIAN

Owen Wister Creates the Standard Image of the Wild West, 1902

235

(4)

WOUNDED KNEE

James Mooney Documents the Ghost Dance Religion and Its Consequence, 1890

239

(6)

8 THE INDUSTRIALIZATION OF VIOLENCE

245

(38)

THE STRIKE OF

1877

Allan Pinkerton on Putting Down the Great Strike of 1877

254

(8)

THE HAYMARKET TRIALS

Michael J. Schaack Remembers "the Red Terror" in Chicago, 1886

262

(3)

CLASS WAR IN COEUR D'ALENE

The Spokane Weekly Review Reports on the Violence in Coeur d'Alene, 1892

265

(3)

THE ASSASSINATION OF FRANK STEUNENBERG

Harry Orchard on Making a Bomb, 1905

268

(3)

THE LUDLOW MASSACRE

The United States Commission on Industrial Relations Charges the Colorado National Guard with Inciting Violence, 1913

271

(5)

THE HAWK'S NEST TUNNEL

Philippa Allen, Arthur Peyton, Rush Dew Holt, and John W. Finch Testify before the House of Representatives on America's Worst Industrial Disaster, 1936

276

(7)

9 VIOLENCE AS A MEANS OF CRIME CONTROL

283

(36)

THE PROBLEM WITH DUE PROCESS

Justice David J. Brewer Downplays the Importance of Due Process, 1903

286

(2)

THE PROBLEM OF CLASS

The Final Statements of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti to the Court Sentencing Them to Death, 1927

288

(5)

THE PROBLEM WITH THE POLICE

The Wickersham Commission Documents Police Brutality, 1931

293

(6)

THE PROBLEM OF ORGANIZED CRIME

Testimony of Claude A. Follmer before a Congressional Committee, 1950

299

(4)

THE PROBLEM OF RACE

The California Governor's Commission Looks for the Causes of the Watts Riot of 1965

303

(4)

The Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department Looks for the Causes of the Los Angeles Riot of 1992

307

(3)

THE DEATH PENALTY

The Supreme Court Considers the Electrocution of Convicted Criminals, In re Kemmler, 1890

310

(3)

The Supreme Court Considers the Death Penalty in Furman v. Georgia, 1972

313

(6)

10 CIVIL RIGHTS

319

(36)

A LAW AGAINST LYNCHING

Walter White Meets with Attorney General Homer Cummings, 1936

322

(2)

Walter White Appeals to Eleanor Roosevelt, 1936

324

(2)

Victor Rotnem Argues for a Civil Right "Not to Be Lynched," 1943

326

(2)

Justice Frank Murphy's Notes on the Supreme Court Debate over a Right Not to Be Lynched, 1944

328

(2)

EMMETT TILL

William Bradford Huie Describes "The Shocking Story of Approved Killing in Mississippi," 1956

330

(2)

FREEDOM RIDES

James Farmer Leads the Freedom Riders, 1961

332

(3)

FBI Informant Gary Thomas Rowe Jr. Participates in Klan Violence, 1961

335

(4)

CONFRONTATION AT OLE MISS

The Mississippi National Guard Confronts Rioters at the University of Mississippi, 1962

339

(4)

JAIL AS A TEMPLE OF FREEDOM

Aaron Henry's Testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, 1963

343

(7)

A PRESIDENT SPEAKS IN FAVOR OF CIVIL RIGHTS

President Lyndon B. Johnson Calls for an End to Racist Violence, 1965

350

(2)

THE SUPREME COURT PLACES CIVIL RIGHTS ABOVE STATES' RIGHTS

The Supreme Court on the Murder of Michael Schwerner, James Goodman, and James Chaney, in United States v. Price, et al., 1966

352

(3)

11 LOST TO HISTORY

355

(34)

LIVING WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Abigail Bailey Describes Her Husband's Violent Ways, 1767-1789

367

(9)

INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SLAVE GIRL

Harriet Jacobs, a Slave, Is Raped by Her Owner, 1861

376

(8)

THE RIGHTS OF THE VICTIM

Marla Hanson's Testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, 1990

384

(5)

INDEX

389

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