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origins of the word
lynch are obscure, but it
likely originated during the
American Revolution. The verb
comes from the
phrase Lynch Law, a term for a punishment...
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terms "lynch law" and "
lynching". The term "
Lynch's Law" was used as
early as 1782 by a
prominent Virginian named Charles Lynch to
describe his actions...
- The
William Lynch speech, also
known as the
Willie Lynch letter, is an
address purportedly delivered by a
William Lynch (or
Willie Lynch) to an audience...
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Lynching was the
widespread occurrence of
extrajudicial killings which began in the
United States' pre–Civil War
South in the 1830s,
slowed during the...
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Terrifying Girls' High School:
Lynch Law classroom (恐怖女子高校 暴行リンチ教室, Kyōfu joshikōkō: bōkō
rinchi kyō****su) is a 1973 ****anese film in the
sukeban (delinquent...
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Virginia to
punish Loyalists during the
Revolutionary War. The
terms "
lynching" and "
lynch law" are
believed to be
derived from his surname. He was born in 1736...
- As a U.S. attorney,
Lynch oversaw federal prosecutions in Brooklyn, Queens,
Staten Island, and Long Island.
Lynch is a
Harvard Law School graduate. She...
- dela****. The
lynching drew
crowds of thousands, and led the
Illinois State Legislature to p**** a
series of anti-
lynch and anti-mob
laws that led to major...
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Wells do****ented the
lynching of African-Americans in the
United States in
articles and
pamphlets such as
Southern Horrors:
Lynch Law in all its
Phases and...
- Leo Max
Frank (April 17, 1884 –
August 17, 1915) was an
American lynching victim convicted in 1913 of the
murder of 13-year-old Mary Phagan, an employee...
