Blog Assignment three "Lynch Law in all its phases"

Eventhough the end of the Civil Was brought freedom to African American slaves in the United States, it did not bring safety. During Lynching, was a harsh reality for former slaves in the south, is the practice whereby a mob and usually several of hundred whites takes the law into its own hands in order to punish and kill African American. Although the brutal act committed by one race on another the lynching was not stopped. In this blog I will be discuss Southern Horror and other Writings, edited by Jacquelune Jones Royster with text introduced Ida B. Wells, 1892-1900. Ida B. Wells is a African American women journalist, public speaker and newsletter editor introduce lynching of African Americans. Discussing lynching law and the effect that it had on the Afro American.

Whites accused, arrested and lynched African American before any hearing could determine their guilt or innocence. In the text "southern Horror" by Jacqueline Jones Royster, Wells says, "If southern white are not careful, they will over-reach themselves and public sentiment will have a reaction; a conclusion will then be reached which will be very damaging to the moral reputation of their women"(Wells,52), the author uses the keyword public sentiment, meaning emotion and belief of the people. What Afri-American feel. We should pay close attention to this because this means that afri-American will start acting opon their emotions and reveal against the whites.The African American felt that what the white were doing to them,  accusing them of raping white women it was unreasonable and unfair to them. If whites did not react fast their reputation and wifes reputation would be ruin because men weren't actually raping their woman, but actually sleeping with them.