Goat Castle: Murder, Myth, and Jim Crow Justice in Natchez

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Mar 11, 202636:25Society & Culture

In 2012, historian Karen Cox is digging through the Mississippi State Archives when an archivist tells her, “If you want to know about Natchez, you need to look at Goat Castle.” Cox expects a ghost story. What she finds...

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