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Definition of Lynched
1. lynch [v] - See also: lynch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lynched
Literary usage of Lynched
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lynch-Law: An Investigation Into the History of Lynching in the United States by James Elbert Cutler (1905)
"Chart XII shows the proportion lynched for various causes in the Western Group
of States, 1882-1903. This chart covers the total ..."
2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1899)
"Ind. : Five members of a gang of robbers lynched in the public square. Mexico :
Attempted assassination of President Diaz; no harm done. ..."
3. A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin: Presenting the Original Facts and Documents Upon by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1853)
"Let them understand that they will be caught [lynched if they come among us, and
they will ... Some of them have been lynched, and it served them right. ..."
4. Lancaster and York: A Century of English History (A.D. 1399-1485) by James Henry Ramsay (1892)
"Kent and Salisbury lynched by the mob at Cirencester. Bloody Assize at Oxford.
Huntingdon lynched at Pleshey; Despenser at Bristol. ..."
5. The Aftermath of Slavery: A Study of the Condition and Environment of the by William Albert Sinclair (1905)
"In Smith County, Mississippi, four negro men and one woman were lynched, ...
In Mississippi, a negro woman was lynched; " the mob visited the woman's house ..."
6. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1853 His fish story of the old hunter, who was lynched and came to life
again.—Paxton, ' A Stray Yankee in Texas,' p. 151. ..."
7. Following the Color Line: An Account of Negro Citizenship in the American by Ray Stannard Baker (1908)
"... PAUL REED WILL CATO Negroes lynched by being burned alive at Statesboro,
Georgia NEGROES OF THE CRIMINAL TYPE Pictures taken in the Atlanta Jail Camp ..."
8. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1908 by United States President, James Daniel Richardson (1908)
"A great many white men are lynched, but the crime is peculiarly frequent in
respect to black men. The greatest existing cause of lynching is the ..."
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