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Caught Up in the Violent Whirlwind of Lynching: The 1885 Quadruple Lynching in the Chatham County, North Carolina

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21871
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This article examines the 29 September 1885 lynching of three black men and one black woman in Chatham County, a stronghold of Ku Klux Klan influence. A mob of 100 whites murdered the victims, who were accused in two unrelated murder cases.
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North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 75 Issue 2, Apr 1998, p135-160 , il, por, map, f
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