This mob will surely take my life: lynchings in the Carolinas, 1871-1947

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1. Reconstruction Violence and the Foundations of the Lynching Era: Unionville, S.C., 1871

2. Black Politics and Lynching after Reconstruction: Giles Good, Yorkville, S.C., 1887

3. Rape and Lynching in the New South: Manse Waldrop, Central, S.C., 1887

4. North Carolina's Turn Against Lynching: J.V. Johnson, Wadesboro, N.C., 1906

5. Lies and Lynching: Richard Puckett, Laurens, S.C., 1913

6. A Wartime Lynching: Rev. Watson T. Sims, Sharon, S.C., 1917

7. A Disgrace to North Carolina: Oliver Moore, Tarboro, N.C., 1930

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