The Family Tree: A Lynching in Georgia, a Legacy of Secrets, and My Search for the Truth

by Karen Branan

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"In the tradition of Slaves in the Family, the provocative true account of the hanging of four black people by a white lynch mob in 1912--written by the great-granddaughter of the sheriff charged with protecting them. Harris County, Georgia, 1912. A white man, the beloved nephew of the county sheriff, is shot dead on the porch of a black woman. Days later, the sheriff sanctions the lynching of a black woman and three black men; all of them innocent. For Karen Branan, the great-granddaughter of that sheriff, this isn't just history, this is family history. Branan spent nearly twenty...Read more
  • ISBN10 1476717184
  • ISBN13 9781476717180
  • Publish Date 5 January 2016 (first published 1 January 2016)
  • Publish Status Out of Stock
  • Imprint Atria Books
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 304
  • Language English