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Negroes and the Gun: The Black Tradition of Arms. Copyright © 2014 by Nicholas Johnson. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, digital, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or conveyed via the Internet or a website without prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:
Johnson, Nicholas, 1959-
Negroes and the gun : the Black tradition of arms / by Nicholas Johnson.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-61614-839-3 (pbk.)
ISBN 978-1-61614-840-9 (ebook)
1. African Americans—Civil rights—United States—History. 2. Firearms ownership—United States—History. 3. Firearms—United States—Use in crime prevention—History. 4. Self-defense—United States—History. I. Title.
E185.61.J695 2014
323.1196’073—dc23
2013033057
Printed in the United States of America