Lynch Mob Research Paper

Lynching and Lynch Mobs

One of the most dreadful acts in the U.S. history was lynching. Lynching was a very cruel and awful act that occurred in America in the 19th through the 20th century. Many people suffered from lynching.

Lynching is the murder of a person, which includes killing illegally and destroying a person’s life without any reason (Susan Altman). Lynch mobs, who did lynching, were a group of white men, pursuing a black man without any proof to have shown disrespect to whites or have committed a crime (Lesile H. Fishel). Even though lynching meant killing by hanging, mobs also used guns, whips, and fire (Lesile H. Fishel). Lynching first started in the colonies by the activities of Colonel Charles Lynch and Captain William Lynch, who were two Virginians (Carl

Almost 87 percent of all the lynching started and occurred in the South (Carl Sifakis). Lynching occurred frequently during the Gilded Age (Lesile H. Fishel). In the 1890’s, lynching started to increase in the south and decrease in the West (Carl Sifakis). It was very widespread in Georgia, the borderlands of the Mississippi River between Memphis and New Orleans, and it was especially frequent in the majority-black parts of the Delta (Robert L. Hall). The deadliest year in the U.S. history for lynching was 1892, when 70 percent of the 230 people were African- Americans (Robert L. Hall).

Lynching was a murder for religious and racial reasons (Susan Altman). The lynch mobs were racist and targeted blacks, very few whites, and Asian (Susan Altman). They directed their anger at blacks that voted, owned land, were successful in business, ran for office, and were the leaders of the community (Susan Altman). African Americans were