Lay This Body Down
About this book
The John S. Williams plantation in Georgia was operated largely with the labor of slaves—and this was in 1921, 56 years after the Civil War. Williams was not alone in using “peons,” but his reaction to a federal investigation was almost unbelievable: he decided to destroy the evidence. Enlisting the aid of his trusted black farm boss, Clyde Manning, he began methodically killing his slaves. As this true story unfolds, each detail seems more shocking, and surprises continue in the aftermath, with a sensational trial galvanizing the nation and marking a turning point in the treatment of black Americans.
Reader Profile
· 195 pages · ≈ 3 h 37 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read Lay This Body Down?
About ≈ 3 h 37 m — 195 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is Lay This Body Down?
195 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is Lay This Body Down?
It sits on the True Crime shelves.
Is Lay This Body Down in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote Lay This Body Down?
Gregory A. Freeman.