
The Assault on Elisha Green
Race and Religion in a Kentucky Community
Randolph Paul Runyon(Author)
The University Press of Kentucky
Published on 26. October 2021
Book
Hardback
260 pages
978-0-8131-5238-7 (ISBN)
Description
On June 8, 1883, Rev. Elisha Green was traveling by train from Maysville to Paris, Kentucky, when about forty students from the Millersburg Female College crowded onto the train at Millersburg accompanied by George T. Gould, the school's president, and Frank L. Bristow, their music teacher. Gould grabbed the reverend by the shoulder and ordered him to give up his seat. When Green refused, Bristow and Gould assaulted Green until the conductor intervened and ordered the assailants to stop or he would throw them off the train. Friends advised Green to take legal action, and he did, winning his case against them in March 1884, though with only token compensation. The significance of this case lies not only in prevailing justice, but that a black man won a lawsuit against two white men.
In The Assault on Elisha Green: Race and Religion in a Kentucky Community, historian Randolph Paul Runyon tells the story of Green's life and traces the network of relationships that led to the event of the assault. Tracing these three men's lives brings the reader from the slavery era to the eve of the First World War, from Kentucky to New Mexico, from Covington to the Kentucky River Palisades, with particular focus on Mason and Bourbon counties. The Assault on Elisha Green recounts one man's pursuit of justice over violence and racism in the nineteenth century. In this engagingly written tale, Runyon masterfully interweaves background information with the immediacy of the harrowing attack and its aftermath, revealing the true character of the primary actors and the racial tensions unique to a border state.
In The Assault on Elisha Green: Race and Religion in a Kentucky Community, historian Randolph Paul Runyon tells the story of Green's life and traces the network of relationships that led to the event of the assault. Tracing these three men's lives brings the reader from the slavery era to the eve of the First World War, from Kentucky to New Mexico, from Covington to the Kentucky River Palisades, with particular focus on Mason and Bourbon counties. The Assault on Elisha Green recounts one man's pursuit of justice over violence and racism in the nineteenth century. In this engagingly written tale, Runyon masterfully interweaves background information with the immediacy of the harrowing attack and its aftermath, revealing the true character of the primary actors and the racial tensions unique to a border state.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Lexington
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
15 b&w photos, 5 maps
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
499 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8131-5238-7 (9780813152387)
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Person
Randolph Paul Runyon, the author of several articles on Warren, is professor of French at Miami University.
Content
Introduction
On the Auction Block
I Desired to Read the Word of God
More Than One Path to Freedom
I Belong to Mr. Green
The Interests of My People
The Confederacy or the Church?
Millersburg Beckons
An Accusation Dodged
Let the Past Be Buried
Copperheads and Pearly Gates
Delicacy, Refinement, Propriety
June 8, 1883, and Its Aftermath
Go West
Rebellious Flocks
The Buzzards Gather
The Rise and Fall of the Independent Temple
The Venerable Pastor
Afterword
Bibliography
On the Auction Block
I Desired to Read the Word of God
More Than One Path to Freedom
I Belong to Mr. Green
The Interests of My People
The Confederacy or the Church?
Millersburg Beckons
An Accusation Dodged
Let the Past Be Buried
Copperheads and Pearly Gates
Delicacy, Refinement, Propriety
June 8, 1883, and Its Aftermath
Go West
Rebellious Flocks
The Buzzards Gather
The Rise and Fall of the Independent Temple
The Venerable Pastor
Afterword
Bibliography