Under Sentence of Death

“A collection of provocative and engaging essays. . . . Under Sentence of Death simultaneously offers fascinating insights into the nature of lynching and points to promising new perspectives on the topic. Thus this is a first-rate collection.” — Criminal Justice Review

“The diverse viewpoints that it presents will doubtless make it a standard text in southern history.” — The Alabama Review

“[This book] should be required reading for every historian of the modern South.” — Journal of Southern History

”Fascinating and thought-provoking.” — Slavery and Abolition

“Well-balanced and insightful. . . . [Brundage’s book is] crucial to any informed evaluation of one of the most ugly scars upon the face of southern history.” — North Carolina Historical Review

“A superb collection of original and reprinted essays about southern lynchings. . . . A first-rate collection, filled with good writing, solid scholarship, and original ideas. It is, above all, a vital contribution to the growing literature about the scope and impact of violence in shaping American life.” — Georgia Historical Quarterly

“Under Sentence of Death explores American racial violence in its most notorious form. Applying fresh theoretical approaches and incorporating new empirical data, these essays delineate the broad contours of social, cultural and political meaning embedded in the rituals of mob violence. This important contribution to southern history and the history of U.S. race relations promises to inform, challenge, and enlighten readers.” — Patricia Sullivan, author of Days of Hope: Race and Democracy in the New Deal Era