Railroaded: The true stories of the first 100 people executed in Virginia's electric chair

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Dale M Brumfield

Railroaded

The true stories of the first 100 people executed in Virginia's electric chair

Dale M Brumfield

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Hjh Media
07 September 2020

History of the Americas; Ethical issues: capital punishment; Crime & criminology; Penology & punishment; Legal history

In 1908, at the height of Jim Crow, Virginia switched from public hanging at local gallows to the electric chair in the basement of the State Penitentiary in Richmond. The change was as much a victory for progressive reformers, who desired a more humane form of capital punishment, as for segregationists, who wanted to stop large crowds of Blacks from congregating and praying in public, and prevent condemned prisoners from being considered martyrs on their way to ""the promised land."" Simply, it put White males more in control over the lives - and now deaths - of Black citizens.

Virginia used the electric chair as a form of legal lynching, railroading mostly young, Black males through mob accusations, minutes-long sham trials, convictions and speedy electrocutions, sometimes with no legal counsel and for such nonsense crimes as scaring a white school girl. With the execution process now a secret, however, the Legislature and the Richmond press agreed that capital punishment and lynching began serving the same purpose -- ""to inspire terror in the heart of the superstitious African.""

These are the true stories of the first 99 men and one woman executed in Virginia's brand new electric chair.

By: Dale M Brumfield
Imprint: Hjh Media
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 363g
ISBN: 9780578720814
ISBN 10: 0578720817
Pages: 244
Publication Date: 07 September 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dale Brumfield is a journalist, a cultural archaeologist, and the author of eleven books. He is also the Field Director of Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, a death penalty abolition group.