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Here we have Judge Lynch's Court in full operation in the execution of one suspected Colored criminal and the manufacture at the same time of a thousand white criminals.
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Archibald Henry Grimké
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gutenberg.orgArchibald Henry Grimké: “Here we have Judge Lynch's Court in full operation in the execution of one suspected Colored criminal and the…”
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Grimké critiques the mob justice system and its implications for both the accused and society.
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