AF AMER 6 Lecture 8: Ida B. Wells and the Analysis of Lynching
Document Summary
Failure of reconstruction in the former confederate states. Racial terrorism of lynching stems from failure of reconstruction. Repeal of civil war era measures passed to protect the former. The imposition of black codes and jim crow transformed the. Criminalization of blacks in the new confederacy - prisons and. Ex-slaves need to know how to function in society. Slavery was a premodern type of work, industrialization in the south never really happened. Slaves were not part of social life of southern states -> segregation. Kkk wanted to intimidate blacks to stop them from voting. Extra judicial efforts to put black people in their place (lynching) Talking back, incendiarism (arson), burglary, race prejudice, quarreling with white men, rioting, no reasons given. Lynching: an extra-legal form of punishment carried out by public. Forming extra judicial form of punishment specifically against black people. Mob rule vs the rule of law. People taking the law into their own hands.
