A Look Into Lynching
By
John C Abercrombie
Lynchings were carried out as a way of terrorizing an entire community. Blacks were the most recent victims. Victims were cruelly tortured before being killed. Many spectators were in attendance. These spectacles were attended by a large number of White men, women and even children.
Blacks were the subject of the brutality and it was intended to send a message to other Blacks not to challenge the “system”. Blacks were subject to this treatment despite never receiving a trial. Many were only suspected of a crime or violation of social norms.
Failure to tip your hat, not stepping off the sidewalk when a White passed, even protesting the lynching of a spouse would and did result in Lynching.
Entire industries took advantage of Lynchings as people sought souvenirs, including post cards and body parts. The more gruesome, the better. Pictures of people being burned, eviscerated, castrated, decapitated were part of the mix.
There was no safe place as people were often kidnapped from home, even from jail. It was no secret as it was often advertised ahead, drawing large crowds, sometimes in the 1,000’s.
The intent was to terrorize people and there were no options, local police would not investigate, even there was ample evidence, such as the photos noted above. When there were trials, the outcome was predictable. The same with grand juries. Juries would not allow testimony from Black witnesses and if it was, it would be discredited by the all-White juries.
The push was to make it a federal crime, with the hopes that it would lead to justice, but it took America over 100 years to pass such a law.
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