Railroad Bill

Railroad Bill
Born Bill McCoy[1]
c.1856
United States
Died March 7, 1896
United States
Occupation Outlaw

Railroad Bill was an African American outlaw in the American Southeast who has been portrayed as a Robin Hood character, a legend, a criminal, and a victim of the Jim Crow South.[1][2][3][4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 King, L.; Moody-Turner, S. (2013). Contemporary African American Literature: The Living Canon. Indiana University Press. p. 172. ISBN 9780253006974. Retrieved 2015-09-27.
  2. ↑ "Railroad Bill | Encyclopedia of Alabama". encyclopediaofalabama.org. Retrieved 2015-09-27.
  3. ↑ "The Life and Crimes of Railroad Bill: University Press of Florida". upf.com. Retrieved 2015-09-27.
  4. ↑ Gates, Jr., Henry Louis; Higginbotham, Evelyn Brooks (2004). African American Lives. Oxford University Press. p. 696. ISBN 9780199882861. Retrieved 2015-09-27.
  5. ↑ Harris, Trudier (2014). Martin Luther King Jr., Heroism, and African American Literature. University of Alabama Press. p. 9. ISBN 9780817318444. Retrieved 2015-09-27.


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