The Role Of Lynchings In The 19th Century

The most radical administration since Reconstruction (1866-1877) was that of Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal (1933-1945) which aimed to get America out of its deepest economic depression. The New Deal intended to bring welfare relief to impoverished and destitute Americans, although the New Deal transformed the United States and the status of politics at the time – as it refined the role of the federal and state governments, black Americans did not always directly benefit from it as an anti-lynching law was never passed. President Roosevelt’s failure to pass anti-lynching legislation was mainly because of his inability to overcome his political fears. Lack of presidential support does not fully explain President Roosevelt’s failure to

The lynching of enslaved people during the 1800’s came from Charles Lynch, the founder of Lynchburg, Virginia. The term "lynch" first came to be associated with vigilante "justice" when linked to Revolutionary War militia officer and farmer Charles Lynch of Bedford County, on Virginia 's western frontier. Colonel Lynch controlled an extralegal military court that sentenced suspected Tories and Tory sympathizers to punishments of "tar and feathering," flogging, and, in extreme cases, hanging to death from a walnut tree standing in his yard. After the Revolutionary War, Lynch was cleared for his wartime activities by Virginia 's lawmakers. The “Lynch Law” as some would call it would be placed onto people to show an example to scare other slaves so that they would not try to go against the law and especially not run away. The Lynching and killing of slaves and former slaves led to rebellions, Boycotts and

Furthermore. slavery in the U.S was also a huge thing in human history, treating black people inhumanely, with no respect and with cruelty. During the 1800 's, black people were treated like tools, with no freedom nor voice. In that time, slaves were sold, they would work for long hours, given little food and water, and if they wouldn 't work, they had to be killed or punished. These inhumane acts from that time, left a huge mark on U.S history due to such cruelty to the black people.

The Short story, “The lynching of Jube Benson”, by the African-American writer Paul Laurence Dunbar, takes place in the southern parts of the USA in the 1900s, which is at the same time as the emancipation of the slaves. More accurately, the story takes place in Gordon Fairfax’s library, where three men were present; Handon Gay, who is an educated reporter, Gordon Fairfax, who is an library owner and Doctor Melville, who is a doctor. The author collocate these three men at jobs which is powerful in the society. The story is about a white narrator, Doctor Melville, who explains, to the two others, that he has been involved in a lynching of his black friend, Jube Benson. Unfortunately, false accusations were made against

Jim Crow laws were laws in the United States between 1877 and the 1950’s that held back African Americans from reaching their full potential and limited their rights. Jim crow laws were found in almost every State in that time. Jim Crow Laws caused the African Americans in the United States to live a horrendous life. African Americans in this time period were limited to all of the amenities the Whites had. In this essay I will describe some laws and situations where African Americans were stripped of their power and rights that they earned from the United States.

Between 1865 and 1900 farmers, African Americans, and businesspeople were affected by conditions such as poverty, prejudice, and pride. Farmers were greatly affected by poverty from the unfair pricing of railroads (Proceedings). African Americans struggled with prejudice, as the lynch law came into play (Wells). And, (some) businesspeople dealt with the pride of thinking that their job and type of work was more important (Supreme Court Cases on Granger Laws). 
 Life as a farmer in the later 1800’s was not easy. Farming was “…rapidly extinguishing all debts and restoring an equilibrium to the currency of the country…” (Proceedings). But, for the farmer as a person, life was incredibly difficult. Farmers were often treated as less-than citizens and were harmed by the overpriced elements of the railroad. In a summary of Grange’s national meeting farmers were described as “…toiling laborers [who] are humiliated in their poverty” (Proceedings). The injustice shown to farmers resulted in the creation of the Grange organization which took cases to court and convinced federal government laws to be made to protect them. In 1886 the farmers finally found themselves victorious when they won in

The book that I selected for the writing assignment for Criminal Justice Diversity was Lynching’s in Duluth by Fed. I chose this book because the title caught my eye because of the word Duluth I thought it would be cool to read about a place I know about and a place that I have been too. I also really enjoy learning unknown facts about the history of Minnesota. I have not heard about the lynching’s that happened in Duluth, it was never in any textbooks while I was in middle or high school and I never learned about it in my history classes are Bemidji State University that I took for my Liberal Education requirements. Before I read the book I assumed from the title of the book that it would be about lynching’s of black people living

During the Postbellum and Reconstruction period, lynching by groups of whites became a way to spread fear and maintain the socioeconomic and political disparities between the races and control the racial order. African American men, women and children were the majority of victims who were lynched and in the South, lynching was commonplace. The image of an angry white mob stringing a black man up a tree was a popular in newspapers and often announced to ensure it would become large public event. People would arrive from miles around to view the spectacle, which would have a carnival atmosphere, with souvenir sellers, picnic lunches and many white observers would pose for pictures next to the victim which would be generated into postcards to

Within the 1920’s there were approximately around 3,496 and counting reported lynchings all over the south, In Alabama there were 361, Arkansas 492, Florida 313, Georgia 590, Kentucky 168, Louisiana 549, Mississippi 60,North Carolina 123, South Carolina 185, Tennessee 233, Texas 338, and Virginia 84 lynchings (Lynching in America). These are just some of the numbers introduced during the 1920’s for the reported lynchings. Lynching was used for public appeal for the people to show justice on the blacks and to punish them so the whites could return to “white supremacy”. At first lynching was only for slaves that tried to escape, it then turned into all blacks, then before lynching was illegal the mobs (such as the KKK and jim crow laws) would lynch different religions and races. The majority of the crimes the people were charged for were fake or over exaggerated, the people that were lynched did not receive a fair

Journalist Ida Wells wanted government to provide protection to the people who clearly could not protect themselves. Lynching at one time seemed okay since no federal law was in place to end these horrific practices. African Americans became a target even after they were freed slaves and she wanted the government to know that this was not acceptable behavior and something needed to be done. There was a need for anti-lynching

The topic I will be discussing about is Ida B . Wells & the campaign against lynching . First we have to know what lynching or lynch means .According to legal dictionary lynching is defined as , the concept of taking the law into one 's own hands to punish a criminal almost certainly predates recorded history. Lynching (or " lynch law " ) is usually associated in the United States . With punishment directed toward blacks , which made up a highly disproportionate number of its victims .The purpose of this paper is to fill in the gap about anti-lynching by giving a brief introduction of the founder of the anti-lynching campaigns, describing some of the social/political campaigns that were established and the role that women played during these

There is a lot of debate over true facts surrounding lynching’s and violence on the frontier,

“Democracy Abroad, Lynching at Home : Racial Violence in Florida” by Tameka Bradley Hobbs discusses the great lengths of horror that took place in the state of Florida. From the beginning Hobbs starts with the emotional story of Bernice Golden who discovered the body of her son hung in her mother's yard and was not convinced that her son had committed suicide as the law enforcement had suggested. This scene brought back memories of situations in the past in which a black man was hung by his white counterpart. These acts of lynching were common throughout the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries with almost 5,000 African Americans losing their lives in these acts of racial terrorism. Hobbs states that while some methods of upholding the idea of white supremacy were on a downward trend the legal aspects or “legal lynchings” were increasing. Hobbs writes that “The focus of this study is to provide a detailed analysis of four lynchings that took place in the 1940’s.”

“The Lynching” is a poem by Claude McKay. The poem is about a group of people who lynch a black man by hanging him. The setting of this work gives the idea to be taking place in a southern town because lynching was a “normal” occurrence during this time in history. Many people appear to not be angered or sickened with the sight of a hanging body. The women feel no compassion; the on looking children also took on the interest of this cruel act taking place. This way of taking somebodies life occurred often in the South. Being in the Deep South was extremely dangerous and frightening for anyone with black colored skin, whites had such hatred and aggression.

Lynching was something horrific that happened a lot in the 1900s in the South(mostly) but many other states as well. Lynching is a root from slavery and was a racialized violence to blacks. This is something that continues in todays world. Several authors wrote and continue to write about the terrible process of lynching; from slavery, segregation, and today's racialized violence. One reading that stood out to me was "Big Boy Leaves Home," by Richard Wright. This reading is about is how Big Boy experiences the horrific ways of trying to escape from the lynching. Those doing the lynching were called Mobs. Mobs were "in charge", operating outside of the law, of finding and lynching those who caused mischief to the community. Before trying to