If the son of a white man prominent in the community killed a black kid right after the Civil War, he wouldn’t need to flee. He could reasonably expect to be acquitted—or not even charged—since the local... more
Sarah, have you ever heard of ‘temporal tunnel vision’ ? What you are describing did not occur until later, at least not until after the yankee occupation of Georgia ended.
I wouldn't chance it during the reconstruction era (nm) — DL Staley,Sat Jul 23 21:37
Very accurate summary. The yankee occupation army had a very tight grip on the former confederate states. Basically it was a martial law environment with southerners being subjected to a military... more