- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Lynching
- Creator:
- Beck, E. M., 1945-
- Contributor to Resource:
- Tolnay, Stewart Emory
- Date of Original:
- 2007-01-26
- Subject:
- Lynching--Georgia
Victims of hate crimes--Georgia
Murder victims--Georgia
Antisemitism--Georgia
Racism--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about lynching. Between 1882 and 1930 the American South experienced an epidemic of fatal mob violence that produced more than 3,000 victims, the vast majority of whom were African Americans. More than 450 documented lynchings occurred in Georgia alone. Lynching refers to the illegal killing of a person by a group of others. It does not refer to the method of killing. Lynching victims were murdered by being hanged, shot, burned, drowned, dismembered, or dragged to death. Georgia's toll of 458 lynch victims was exceeded only by Mississippi's toll of 538.
GSE identifier: SS8H7 - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/lynching/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "ARTICLE TITLE," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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