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Lynch-law; an investigation into the history of lynching in the United States

Chapter 14: LIST OF PERIODICALS CITED
By James Elbert Cutler
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The author investigates the history and social causes of mob executions in the United States, tracing the origin of the term, early examples, nineteenth-century developments, Reconstruction-era violence, and regional patterns through statistical tables. Combining documentary research, contemporary commentary, and quantitative charts, the study analyzes motives offered for lynching, legal and institutional failures that enable it, demographic and seasonal patterns, and common justifications. The work evaluates proposed remedies, critiques arguments in defense of mob punishment, and draws conclusions about the social conditions under which extrajudicial violence thrives, aiming to correct misconceptions and inform public opinion about prevention and legal enforcement.

LIST OF PERIODICALS CITED

  • American Journal of Social Science.
  • American Law Review.
  • American Whig Review.
  • Annals of the American Academy of Science.
  • Annual Reports of the American Historical Association.
  • Atlantic Monthly.
  • Boston Chronicle.
  • Boston Daily Advertiser.
  • Boston Evening Post.
  • Boston Evening Transcript.
  • Boston Gazette.
  • Boston News-Letter.
  • British and Foreign Review.
  • Brooklyn Standard Union.
  • Chambers’ Journal.
  • Chattanooga Times.
  • Chicago Tribune.
  • Congressional Record.
  • Cyclopedic Review of Current History.
  • Denver Republican.
  • Essex Gazette.
  • Fortnightly Review.
  • Forum.
  • Green Bag.
  • Harper’s Magazine.
  • Harvard Law Review.
  • Houston Post.
  • Howitt’s Journal.
  • Independent.
  • International Monthly.
  • Johns Hopkins Historical Studies.
  • Journal of Proceedings of American Social Science Association.
  • Leisure Hour.
  • Leslie’s Weekly.
  • Liberator.
  • Literary Digest.
  • London Gazette.
  • London Gazetteer.
  • Massachusetts Spy.
  • Modern Philology.
  • Nation.
  • New England Gazette.
  • New England Magazine.
  • New York Commercial Advertiser.
  • New York Evening Post.
  • New York Evening Sun.
  • New York Evening Telegraph.
  • New York Gazette.
  • New York Times.
  • New York Tribune.
  • New York World.
  • Niles’ Register.
  • North American Review.
  • Notes and Queries.
  • Our Day.
  • Outlook.
  • Publications of the American Economic Association.
  • Publications of the Southern Historical Association.
  • Public Opinion.
  • Raleigh News-Observer.
  • Review of Reviews.
  • Richmond Planet.
  • Salem Gazette.
  • Saturday Review.
  • Southern Literary Messenger.
  • Spectator.
  • Washington Times.
  • Yale Review.

Citations are made also to statutes, historical records, colonial archives, encyclopedias, dictionaries, etc. Full references are given in the foot-notes. For authors quoted see index.