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Lynching was a means of instilling fear in a group of people. People that are in fear for their lives to not resist unfair actions.

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How did southern whites use lynching to control the black population and how did other whites respond?

Laws restricted the franchise and segregation schools were only part of a network of state statutes-jim crow laws- that by the 1st years of the 20th century had institutionalized an elaborate system of segregation reaching into almost every area of southern life. Blacks and whites were very segregated.Lynching is to hang someone for a supposed offence with or without a proper trial.


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Why do people lynch?

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What terrible form of violence did angry mobs of whites use to punish African American suspected of commiting crimes?

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What terrible form of violence did angry mobs of whites use to punish African Americans suspected of committing crimes.?

lynching


What terrible form of violence did angry mobs of whites use to punish African American suspected of committing crimes?

lynching