1. By Caroline Siewert and Taylor Hillius

2.  First done by Charles Lynch.  The illegal act of hanging people.  Usually done by mobs.

3.  Originally a way to punish African American slaves.  More black people got lynched then white.  The people who committed the crime of lynching were usually white.

4.  1880-1930  The estimated lynching's in this time period was 4,743.  Of these 3,446 were black and 1,297 were white.

5.  To punish those who committed crimes against white community.  Maintain power over African Americans.  Eliminate black social, political and economic threats.  Enforced white supremacy.

6.  This happened in all 50 states.  Lynching of black people happened more in the South.  Lynching of white people happened less often, but did take place more in the Northern states.

7.  Evans Braziel, Jana. "History of Lynching in the United States." ACLAnet. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1992. Web. 17 May 2011..  "Archives at Tuskegee Institute.." N.p., n.d. Web. 17 May 2011..  "Lynching." Spartacus Educational. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 May 2011..  Chesnut, Charles. "Lynching Statistics." The Charles Chesnut Digital Archive. N.p., Jan, 29 1999. Web. 17 May 2011..