Why is the Negro Lynched?

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Why is the Negro Lynched? by Frederick Douglass.

Contents

• Why is the Negro Lynched?5
• THE AFRO-AMERICAN PEOPLE INDICTED ON A NEW CHARGE. INTRODUCTORY—THE WRITER’S CLAIM TO BE HEARD.[A]8
• EPIDEMIC OF MOB-LAW.9
• ATTITUDE OF UPPER CLASSES.11
• INCRIMINATION OF THE WHOLE RACE.12
• II.14
• THE DEFENCE—“NOT GUILTY.” CHARACTER OF THEIR ACCUSERS CHALLENGED.14
• THE NEGRO’S CLEAN RECORD DURING WAR TIME.17
• EXCUSES FOR LYNCHING—DELICACY OF SUBJECT; POSSIBILITY OF CRIMINAL’S ESCAPE FROM JUSTICE.18
• III.20
• THE THREE STAGES OF NEGRO PERSECUTION. THEIR OBJECT—HIS DISFRANCHISEMENT.20
• THE ATTACK LESS UPON CRIME THAN COLOUR.23
• IV.25
• OBJECTIONS ANSWERED: PECULIARITIES OF SOUTHERN SENTIMENT. LACK OF RESPECT FOR HUMAN LIFE.25
• GENERAL UNFAIRNESS—THE CHICAGO EXHIBITION, ETC.27
• NEGRO SUFFRAGE: ATTEMPT TO ABRIDGE THE RIGHT. THE LOWLY NEED ITS PROTECTION.30
• DECADENCE OF THE SPIRIT OF LIBERTY.32
• VI.34
• DELUSIVE COLONISATION SCHEMES.34
• EMANCIPATION CRIPPLED. LANDLORD AND TENANT.37
• ATTITUDE OF WHITE RACE TOWARDS NEGROES. A NATIONAL PROBLEM.39
• VII.43
• HOW THE PROBLEM IS SOLVED.43
• FOOTNOTE:48
• THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE50

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