Lynch-law; an investigation into the history of lynching in the United StatesCutler, James Elbert
Philosophy
Lynch-law; an investigation into the history of lynching in the United States
Cutler, James Elbert
Lynching -- United States
For a caustic satire on the “proceedings of Judge Lynch,” see “The
Enemies of the Constitution Discovered,” &c., by Defensor (N. Y.,
1835), pp 48–52.
Footnote 157:
_Liberator_, Nov. 21, 1835 (5: 188).
Footnote 158:
See _Liberator_, June 8, 1838 (8: 89), for an editorial from the
_Philadelphia Daily Focus_.
Footnote 159:
_Liberator_, April 16, 1836 (6: 63).
Footnote 160:
_Leisure Hour_, Nov. 24, 1877, p. 750.
Footnote 161:
This was Garrison’s view of the matter. See _Liberator_, Aug. 10, 1838
(8: 127).
Footnote 162:
Woodrow Wilson: “Division and Reunion” (Edition of 1898), pp. 115,
117.
Footnote 163:
W. G. Sumner: “Andrew Jackson” (1882), pp. 364–365; pp. 428–429, in
edition of 1899 in American Statesmen series.
Footnote 164:
_Liberator_, July 4, 1835 (5: 108).
Footnote 165:
See _Niles’ Register_, June 4, 1836 (50: 234).
Also _Liberator_, May 14, 1836 (6: 79), and May 21, 1836 (6: 83).
A negro slave was burned to death in a similar way in Arkansas in
November, 1836, for murdering his master and several negroes. See
extract from the _Arkansas Gazette_ in _Niles’ Register_, Dec. 31,
1836 (51: 275).
Footnote 166:
_Liberator_, June 25, 1836 (6: 102).
Footnote 167:
“Abraham Lincoln, Works,” I, pp. 9–10.
Footnote 168:
F. J. Grund: “The Americans in their moral, social, and political
relations” (London, 1837), I, 323. (M.)
Footnote 169:
“Diary in America” (1839), III, 232–233.
Footnote 170:
Harriet Martineau: “Retrospect of Western Travel” (1838), I, 236–237.
Marryat: “Diary in America” (1839), II, 201. _Liberator_, Aug. 24,
1838 (8: 135), &c.
Footnote 171:
See Chapter II.
Footnote 172:
_Liberator_, Oct. 27, 1837 (7: 174).
Footnote 173:
_Niles’ Register_, June 15, 1839 (56: 256).
Footnote 174:
_Liberator_, Sept. 14, 1838 (8: 146).
Footnote 175:
_Liberator_, March 16, 1838 (8: 44).
Footnote 176:
_Liberator_, Feb. 9, 1838 (8: 24).
Footnote 177:
This is not wholly in accord with the opinion expressed by Mr. Albert
Matthews in the _Nation_, Dec. 4, 1902 (75: 441), but in a private
letter to the writer Mr. Matthews has accepted this modification.
Footnote 178:
See _Liberator_, Dec. 19, 1835 (5: 204).
Footnote 179:
Philip Hone: “Diary 1828–1851” (1889), I, 150. (M.)
Footnote 180:
See _Niles’ Register_, Oct. 25, 1845 (69: 115).
Footnote 181:
Sir Charles Lyell, who was in Macon, Georgia, a short time after this
occurred, gives an account of it in his book, “A Second Visit to the
United States of America” (1850), II, 31–32.
Footnote 182:
_Liberator_, Oct. 19, 1855 (25: 168).
Footnote 183:
During the period 1830–1860 the word “slick” was occasionally used at
places in the Mississippi Valley, in the same sense as “lynch.” See
_Liberator_, Oct. 3, 1835 (5: 157), and compare _Niles’ Register_,
Oct. 5, 1833 (45: 87).
Footnote 184:
_Liberator_, Sept. 14, 1860 (30: 146).
Footnote 185:
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