The Simite Extermination.
The article discusses conflict between Choctaw County, Alabama, resident Bob Sims and members of the county community in the late 1800s. It examines the resistance Sims expressed toward civil authority, his religious convictions, and his monthly publication "The Veil is Rent (TVIR)," in which he esp...
| Published in: | Alabama Review Vol. 66; no. 4; pp. 278 - 301 |
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University of Alabama Press
Oct2013
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