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From the end of the Civil War through 1941, a total of 168 North Carolinians lost their lives to lynching. This form of mob violence was often justified as a means of controlling the black population, protecting white wives and daughters, and defending family honor. Legal attempts to deter lynching--including an 1893 law that classified it as a felony and sought to hold a county liable for damages--generally failed because of a lack of local support and ineffectual enforcement by state officials.

After 1922, however, in a phenomenon unique to North Carolina, incidents of lynching inexplicably and rapidly declined, prompting the state to head a national movement to end it. This history includes appendices providing an account of all 168 known lynching occurrences.



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Lynching in North Carolina

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      Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 3/26/2014 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780786495580, 978-0786495580
      ISBN10: 0786495588

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      Book Synopsis

      From the end of the Civil War through 1941, a total of 168 North Carolinians lost their lives to lynching. This form of mob violence was often justified as a means of controlling the black population, protecting white wives and daughters, and defending family honor. Legal attempts to deter lynching--including an 1893 law that classified it as a felony and sought to hold a county liable for damages--generally failed because of a lack of local support and ineffectual enforcement by state officials.

      After 1922, however, in a phenomenon unique to North Carolina, incidents of lynching inexplicably and rapidly declined, prompting the state to head a national movement to end it. This history includes appendices providing an account of all 168 known lynching occurrences.



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      expand[s] our understanding of the evolution of lynching and will serve well for classroom use" - The Journal of Southern History

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