Project Gutenberg 2005-02-08 Public domain in the USA. 1772 Wells-Barnett, Ida B. 1862 1931 Wells, Ida B. Iola Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases Produced by Suzanne Shell, Melissa Er-Raqabi and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. "Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases" by Ida B. Wells-Barnett is a historical account written in the early 1890s, specifically addressing the pervasive issue of lynching in the American South. The book serves as a powerful exposé of the brutal realities faced by African Americans, particularly the false accusations that often led to mob violence and lynching. It seeks to confront and dismantle the pervasive racist narratives that justified such violent acts under the guise of protecting the honor of white women. In this pamphlet, Wells-Barnett shares detailed accounts of lynching incidents and highlights the systemic racism and social injustices that fueled such violence. She argues compellingly that the accusations against Black men, particularly regarding the supposed rape of white women, were often unfounded and that these lynchings were predominantly driven by racial hatred and a desire to maintain white supremacy. Through a mix of personal anecdotes, statistical data, and testimonies, the author illustrates that the true victims of this societal atrocity were disproportionately African Americans, who were denied justice and subjected to brutal, oftentimes public executions. Ultimately, Wells-Barnett calls for a national awakening to these injustices, urging society to recognize the humanity of the African American community and to demand accountability for acts of racial violence. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/14975/14975-h/images/cover.png Reading ease score: 66.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Lynching HV Text Crime Nonfiction African American Writers Category: History - American Category: Sociology Category: Politics 86679 2025-07-06T11:54:58.900367 text/html 83249 2020-12-19T10:43:50 text/html 113779 2025-07-06T11:55:01.189347 application/epub+zip 112383 2025-07-06T11:54:59.569409 application/epub+zip 94819 2025-07-06T11:54:59.226378 application/epub+zip 92773 2025-07-06T11:55:02.585348 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 79248 2025-07-06T11:55:00.888379 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 79702 2022-09-07T19:17:12.513459 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 77142 2025-07-06T11:54:58.763366 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 76864 2020-12-19T10:43:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20274 2025-07-06T11:55:02.710371 application/rdf+xml 14591 2025-07-06T11:54:59.337391 image/jpeg 2584 2025-07-06T11:54:59.308364 image/jpeg 510226 2020-12-19T10:43:50 application/octet-stream application/zip 29819 2020-12-19T10:43:50 application/octet-stream application/zip 115263 2025-07-06T11:54:58.910392 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia