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Why is the Negro Lynched?
I.
THE AFRO-AMERICAN PEOPLE INDICTED ON A NEW CHARGE. INTRODUCTORY—THE WRITER’S CLAIM TO BE HEARD.[A]
EPIDEMIC OF MOB-LAW.
ATTITUDE OF UPPER CLASSES.
INCRIMINATION OF THE WHOLE RACE.
II.
THE DEFENCE—“NOT GUILTY.” CHARACTER OF THEIR ACCUSERS CHALLENGED.
THE NEGRO’S CLEAN RECORD DURING WAR TIME.
EXCUSES FOR LYNCHING—DELICACY OF SUBJECT; POSSIBILITY OF CRIMINAL’S ESCAPE FROM JUSTICE.
III.
THE THREE STAGES OF NEGRO PERSECUTION. THEIR OBJECT—HIS DISFRANCHISEMENT.
THE ATTACK LESS UPON CRIME THAN COLOUR.
IV.
OBJECTIONS ANSWERED: PECULIARITIES OF SOUTHERN SENTIMENT. LACK OF RESPECT FOR HUMAN LIFE.
GENERAL UNFAIRNESS—THE CHICAGO EXHIBITION, ETC.
V.
NEGRO SUFFRAGE: ATTEMPT TO ABRIDGE THE RIGHT. THE LOWLY NEED ITS PROTECTION.
DECADENCE OF THE SPIRIT OF LIBERTY.
VI.
DELUSIVE COLONISATION SCHEMES.
EMANCIPATION CRIPPLED. LANDLORD AND TENANT.
ATTITUDE OF WHITE RACE TOWARDS NEGROES. A NATIONAL PROBLEM.
VII.
HOW THE PROBLEM IS SOLVED.
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