{"product_id":"lynching-in-north-carolina-a-history-1865-1941-9780786495580","title":"Lynching in North Carolina: A History, 1865-1941","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Vann R. Newkirk\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: United States - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e From the end of the Civil War through 1941, a total of 168 North Carolinians lost their lives to lynching. This form of mob violence was often justified as a means of controlling the black population, \"protecting\" white wives and daughters, and defending family \"honor.\" Legal attempts to deter lynching--including an 1893 law that classified it as a felony and sought to hold a county liable for damages--generally failed because of a lack of local support and ineffectual enforcement by state officials.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e After 1922, however, in a phenomenon unique to North Carolina, incidents of lynching inexplicably and rapidly declined, prompting the state to head a national movement to end it. This history includes appendices providing an account of all 168 known lynching occurrences.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46500611817623,"sku":"9780786495580","price":2321.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780786495580.webp?v=1769195191","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/lynching-in-north-carolina-a-history-1865-1941-9780786495580","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}