Horse-Stealing and Man-Hanging: An Examination of Vigilantism in the Missouri Ozarks

<p>The purpose of this thesis is to determine what factors did or did not have an impact on the formation of the Slickers, the Regulators, and the Sons of Honor, three vigilante organizations that formed in the Missouri Ozarks during the nineteenth century. Primary source documents indicate that vigilante organizations formed in Missouri, and throughout the United States, for a variety of reasons. This study disproves the theory that vigilante violence in the Missouri Ozarks was based on any social or political struggle between an old or new order. This study contributes to our understanding of Ozarks history, as well as the history of Missouri and the study of vigilante violence in the United States.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts in History

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History

Year

2015

Author dc:creator

• Yen, Connie Sue

Contributors dc:contributor

• Brooks Blevins

• Missouri
• Ozarks
• vigilante
• Civil War
• lynching
• Greene County
• Regulators
• Slicker War
• Sons of Honor
• popular sovereignty.
• History

Statement dc:rights

• © Connie Sue Yen

Repository record dc:identifier

https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/theses/1174

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:bearworks.missouristate.edu:theses-2175