“…Hobbs offers us one of the best local studies of southern lynching: while we now have a number of case studies within particular southern states, Hobbs provides us perhaps the most deeply researched and persuasively contextualized of such studies. The book is highly recommended for all
interested in the history of American lynching, southern violence, Florida history, and African American history.”
— Michael J. Pfeifer, Author of Rough Justice: Lynching and American Society, 1874-1947