tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-889959884897163049.post682487129667891528..comments2023-03-30T08:12:29.851-04:00Comments on Georgia Black Crackers: Reflections on The Last Mass Lynching in AmericaMavishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10241988882011440597noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-889959884897163049.post-32148482101302006472009-07-28T20:57:18.972-04:002009-07-28T20:57:18.972-04:00Stephanie, thanks for stopping by. I just finished...Stephanie, thanks for stopping by. I just finished reading "Fire in a Canebrake". Through the years, I had heard about this lynching so much from my mom that I thought I knew everything about it. Was surprised to learn that afterwards, the Dorseys moved to my hometown.Mavishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10241988882011440597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-889959884897163049.post-83252718858761403582009-07-26T15:34:43.927-04:002009-07-26T15:34:43.927-04:00Several years ago, I read "Fire in a Canebrak...Several years ago, I read "Fire in a Canebrake" by Laura Wexler about the Moore's Ford Lynching. Prior to that, lynchings seemed to me like something horrible that happened in such a distant past. Realizing that particular part of the past is not really so distant had an effect on me.S. Lincecumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04498377639856464078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-889959884897163049.post-56728177941042049142009-07-22T11:06:39.693-04:002009-07-22T11:06:39.693-04:00This is sad indeed. I'm very cautious myself a...This is sad indeed. I'm very cautious myself about certain small towns as I live in Texas. My family was always told to stay away from Vidor, Texas and Orange County, Texas areas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-889959884897163049.post-77710972141278328082009-07-21T07:32:30.533-04:002009-07-21T07:32:30.533-04:00I know A. I think a few of the suspects are still ...I know A. I think a few of the suspects are still living but from what I've read, the code of silence and fear is still very much in force even now. I suspect it will take everyone from that generation to die and for a descendant of someone that knew something or that was there for everything to come out.Mavishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10241988882011440597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-889959884897163049.post-50325934565405059242009-07-20T15:43:52.832-04:002009-07-20T15:43:52.832-04:00Wow!!! And to think, all this time no one has bee...Wow!!! And to think, all this time no one has been brought to justice for this crime.Hue Reviewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09254111477850094039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-889959884897163049.post-81048225968703950962009-07-20T12:13:53.618-04:002009-07-20T12:13:53.618-04:00Luckie I remember reading on one of your blogs abo...Luckie I remember reading on one of your blogs about your 4th grandfather.<br /><br />The Moore's Ford lynching didn't involve my family but just as easily could have since they were from Walton County and family still lived there at the time it occurred. Granddad talked about the lynch mobs going by his house all the time.<br /><br />Mom talked about the Moore's Ford lynching so much when I grew up that I started thinking that maybe that is what happened to my one set of great-grandparents because both died when my granddad and his brothers were little. Not saying that it's not possible but as best as we can piece together, the great-grandparents died at different times.Mavishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10241988882011440597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-889959884897163049.post-57045827553286384052009-07-20T08:03:01.593-04:002009-07-20T08:03:01.593-04:00Hey Mav,
My God - what can I say? I read this &am...Hey Mav,<br /><br />My God - what can I say? I read this & shuttered both from the viciousness of the act itself, & from knowing too that my 4th Grandfather, James Wingfield was also lynched - 1885 Wilkes Co.<br /><br />I cannot imagine the fear, pain or suffering endured by our Ancestors who found this end.<br /><br />I will say that yes, you still have to be cautious living/visiting small Southern towns.<br /><br />Although maybe not the dreaded experience of years past, racism & segregation still very much have a place in the culture.<br /><br />It is the reason why I can love Wilkes Co. for its history, but have no desire to live there again.<br /><br />It is the reason I joked with you about having all your "ducks in a row", when driving through Greene Co.<br /><br />It's a sad testimony, of both past & present.<br /><br />Luckie.<br />www.OurGeorgiaRoots.comLuckiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10747339234820634005noreply@blogger.com