HIST 3850 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Leo Frank, Chain Migration, Ed Ware
4 Nov 2016
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Lynching was stereotypically conducted on black individuals. To put to death, especially by hanging, by mob action and without legal authority. Late 1880s-1890s was the peak of lynching, with over 200 cases per year, and progressively decreased from there. When the cost of cotton declined, more lynching occurred. Economics: mass migration of african americans out of the south. Blacks were crucial to the economy and began to move south. Mostly lived in rural areas, but by the 1930s only 70% lived in rural areas. Social conditions must improve if south hopes to retain this valuable labour. Also: better law enforcement; the reforming activities of white and african. American social organizations; increasing influence of the federal government. Continual racial violence; aimed at keeping the black population subservient and under white control. The decline in racial violence may have been because of the self-interest of the blacks, who started moving north where they had a better lifestyle.
