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Bouldin, Wood (1838–1911) – Encyclopedia Virginia encyclopediavirginia.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from encyclopediavirginia.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
SUMMARY Floyd Allen was the central figure in one of the most sensational and bizarre incidents in Virginia criminal and legal history, the so-called Hillsville Massacre. In the great Carroll County shootout in Hillsville on March 14, 1912, a judge, a sheriff, a commonwealth’s attorney, a juror, and a spectator were all killed by shots fired by Allen and others after Allen was convicted of assault. Allen and several members of his family immediately fled the courtroom but were later captured and convicted of murder. Allen and his youngest son, Claude Swanson Allen, were both executed for their crimes. One of seven sons of American Civil War veteran, landowner, and local official Jeremiah Allen, Floyd Allen was a farmer, storekeeper, and occasional officeholder in Carroll County in southwestern Virginia. As head of a clannish mountain family that had a reputation for feuding, law breaking, moonshining, violence, and even murder, Allen had been charged with assaulti ....
The Progressive Era lasted from the 1890s to the 1920s and was marked by efforts to root out governmental corruption and waste, and to protect the rights of women, children, and the working-class. Not all progressive reforms were strictly democratic, however. For instance, reformers sought efficiency in government by emphasizing the roles of experts and specialists over elected officials and common citizens. In Virginia, progressives attempted to make experts, or “virtuous” voters, out of the entire electorate by educating citizens on their civic responsibilities and then excluding whole classes of voters deemed unfit. African Americans were among those most often excluded. By definition, they were considered to be less “virtuous” than their white counterparts, and were therefore often the targets of various rules, regulations, and restrictions designed to prevent them from voting. The language of the law generally applied to all eligible male voters, but whites tended to ....
How a University of Richmond researcher uncovered the campus's forgotten connection to slavery roanoke.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from roanoke.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.