Lynching
Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases by Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Source: Project Gutenberg
Antilynching advocates, such as Ida B. Wells, revealed that contrary to white claims, the majority of lynch victims were not accused of raping white women. In actuality, only nineteen percent of black victims in the South were accused of rape. Victims were lynched for a wide range of behavior, including such illegalities as murder, theft, arson, and assault, as well as for such disrespectful actions as trying to vote, being disruptive, and frightening a white woman.
The Famous Trial of the Eight Men Indicted for the Lynching of Frazier B. Baker and His Baby, Late U.S. Postmaster of Lake City in the U.S. Circuit Court, at Charleston, SC April 10-22, 1899
Source: Lowcountry Digital Library
The summary of a court case regarding the lynching of a African American postmaster named Frazier Baker in the town of Lake City, South Carolina.
