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The Truth About Lynching and the Negro in the South: In Which the Author Pleads That the South Be Made Safe for the White RaceCollins, Winfield H. (Winfield Hazlitt)

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The Truth About Lynching and the Negro in the South: In Which the Author Pleads That the South Be Made Safe for the White Race

Name: The Truth About Lynching and the Negro in the South: In Which the Author Pleads That the South Be Made Safe for the White Race
Author: Collins, Winfield H. (Winfield Hazlitt)

Collins, Winfield H. (Winfield Hazlitt)

African Americans; Lynching; Southern States -- Race relations

Times as
                                                                      Many
                                                                    Negroes as
                                                                      Whites
                                         Convicts Received at       Committed
    State       Population in 1910     the Penitentiary During—    in Proportion
               --------------------  ----------------------------  to Population
                 White       Negro        Year       White  Negro   of Each Race
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    { Nov.  1, 1912  }
    Arkansas     1,131,026  442,891 {      to        } 606  776         3.4
                                    { Oct. 31, 1914  }

                                    { Sept. 1, 1910  }
    Alabama      1,228,832  908,882 {      to        } 587 2,414        6-
                                    { Aug. 31, 1914  }

                                    { July  1, 1908  }
    N. Dakota      569,855      617 {      to        } 217    11       43
                                    { June 30, 1910  }

                                    { 1906             513   306 }
                                    { 1909             560   374 }
    Missouri     3,124,932  157,452 { 1910             543   303 }     11+
                                    { 1912             660   389 }
                                    { 1914             803   378 }

                                    {  Year Ending   }
    Maryland     1,062,639  232,250 { Nov. 30, 1910  } 129   199        7+

                                    { Sept. 1, 1908  }
    Texas        3,204,848  690,049 {      to        } 835 1,251        7
                                    { Oct. 31, 1910  }

                                    {     1910       } 202   549  }
    Louisiana      941,086  913,874 {     1915       } 257   654  }     4-

                                    {  Year Ending   } 402   145  }
                                    { Oct. 31, 1907  }            }
    Ohio         4,654,897  111,452 {                             }    14-
                                    {  Year Ending   }            }
                                    { Oct. 31, 1910  } 504   169  }

                                    {   Two Years    }
    W. Virginia  1,156,817   64,173 {     Ending     } 519 428         15
                                    { Sept. 30, 1908 }

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The Truth About Lynching and the Negro in the South: In Which the Author Pleads That the South Be Made Safe for the White Race

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