Injustice on the Eastern Shore

Race and the Hill Murder Trial

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Legal History, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Crimes & Criminals, Murder, True Crime
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Author: G. Kevin Hemstock ISBN: 9781625854735
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc. Publication: March 16, 2015
Imprint: The History Press Language: English
Author: G. Kevin Hemstock
ISBN: 9781625854735
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Publication: March 16, 2015
Imprint: The History Press
Language: English

Lynching rumors simmered as journalists descended on the small town of Millington, Maryland, in the spring of 1892. The frenzy focused on nine African American men and boys--some as young as fifteen--accused of murdering Dr. James Heighe Hill, who was white. Prosecutors portrayed this as retribution for the Christmas Eve slaying of Thomas Campbell, an African American, for which no one faced criminal charges. Hill's alleged assailants were tried as a group before three white judges. Although some were clearly bystanders, all but one were convicted and sentenced. Four were executed by hanging, and the rest died in prison. Using court records, contemporary accounts and newspapers, author G. Kevin Hemstock narrates the tragic and compelling story of justice denied on Maryland's Eastern Shore.

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Lynching rumors simmered as journalists descended on the small town of Millington, Maryland, in the spring of 1892. The frenzy focused on nine African American men and boys--some as young as fifteen--accused of murdering Dr. James Heighe Hill, who was white. Prosecutors portrayed this as retribution for the Christmas Eve slaying of Thomas Campbell, an African American, for which no one faced criminal charges. Hill's alleged assailants were tried as a group before three white judges. Although some were clearly bystanders, all but one were convicted and sentenced. Four were executed by hanging, and the rest died in prison. Using court records, contemporary accounts and newspapers, author G. Kevin Hemstock narrates the tragic and compelling story of justice denied on Maryland's Eastern Shore.

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