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

Chapter 4: CHARTS
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.

CHARTS

  FACING PAGE
     
I. Number lynched compared with number legally executed, 1882–1903 162
     
II. Number lynched according to months in different sections of the U. S., 1882–1903 163
     
III. Percentages lynched for various causes by months, 1882–1903 170
     
IV. Number of Whites, Negroes and Others lynched according to years, 1882–1903 171
     
V. Number of women (Whites and Negroes) lynched according to years, 1882–1903 172
     
  Proportion lynched for various causes, 1882–1903, Women (Whites and Negroes).  
     
VI. Percentages lynched for various causes by years, 1882–1903, Whites and Others 173
     
VII. Percentages lynched for various causes by years, 1882–1903, Negroes 174
     
VIII. Proportion lynched for various causes, 1882–1903, Whites and Others 175
     
IX. Proportion lynched for various causes, 1882–1903, Negroes 176
     
X. Proportion lynched for various causes in Southern States, 1882–1903, Whites and Others 177
     
XI. Proportion lynched for various causes in Southern States, 1882–1903, Negroes 178
     
XII. Proportion lynched for various causes in Western States, 1882–1903 179
     
XIII. Proportion lynched for various causes in Eastern States, 1882–1903 180