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The William Lynch speech, also known as the Willie Lynch letter, is an address purportedly delivered by a William Lynch (or Willie Lynch) to an audience on the bank of the James River in Virginia in 1712 regarding control of slaves within the colony. [1] In recent years, it has been widely exposed as a hoax. [2] [3]
Charles Lynch's extralegal actions were legitimized by the Virginia General Assembly in 1782. [1] In 1811, Captain William Lynch claimed that the phrase "Lynch's Law", already famous, actually came from a 1780 compact signed by him and his neighbours in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, to uphold their own brand of law independent of legal authority.
William Lynch (diplomat) (c. 1730–1785), British Member of Parliament for Canterbury and Minister to Sardinia; William Lynch (Lynch law) (1742–1820), claimed to be the basic cause of the "lynch law" term; William Lynch (Maryland politician) (1788–1857), American politician from Maryland; William A. Lynch (1844–1907), Ohio lawyer and ...
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That said, I must question the accuracy of the above statement that the Willie Lynch letter is an internet hoax. The knowledge of this letter has been in existance amongst black people for over a hundred years. The previous author questions its authenticity because the terms "mulatto" and "quadroon" were used in the letter.
Animal is a 2005 direct-to-video film directed by David J. Burke and starring Ving Rhames, Terrence Howard, Chazz Palminteri, and Jim Brown.It was written by David C. Johnson.
Thomas Lynch Jr. (August 5, 1749 – December 17, 1779) was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of South Carolina and a Founding Father of the United States. His father Thomas Lynch was a member of the Continental Congress and had signed the 1774 Continental Association .
William F. Lynch was born in Virginia. [1] On 2 June 1828, one month after his promotion to lieutenant, Lynch was married in New Haven, Connecticut, to Virginia Shaw, the youngest daughter of a senior navy officer and sister-in-law of another. They had two children, but separated in the 1840s and divorced in 1850s. [2]