Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases

by Ida B. Wells-Barnett

Book Overview

During the 1890s, Ida Wells-Barnett began documenting lynching in the United States. Her findings, which were based on frequent claims that lynchings were reserved for black criminals only, were published in articles and through her pamphlet called Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in all its Phases. Wells exposed lynching as a barbaric practice of whites in the South used to intimidate and oppress African Americans who created economic and political...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1956527400
• ISBN13: 9781956527407
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Olahauski Books
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"