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The Silent Shore: The Lynching of Matthew Williams and the Politics of Racism in the Free State

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The definitive account of the lynching of twenty—three—year—old Matthew Williams in Maryland, the subsequent investigation, and the legacy of "modern—day" lynchings.

On December 4, 1931, a mob of white men in Salisbury, Maryland, lynched and set ablaze a twenty—three—year—old Black man named Matthew Williams. His gruesome murder was part of a wave of silent white terrorism in the wake of the stock market crash of 1929, which exposed Black laborers to white rage in response to economic anxiet...