Negro Schoolhouse in County in Go Down, Moses (Location)

Display Label: 
Schoolhouse
Map Icon: 
Public building
Authority : 
Context (text, as interpreted)
Other Texts Location Appears In: 
X: 
1949
Y: 
300
Description: 

This "negro schoolhouse about two miles from the sawmill" is the location where lynched Rider's body is found, "hanging from the bell rope" that would have been pulled to call the children into school in the morning (147).

Role: 
Site of Event
Status: 
Continuous
Types: 
School

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