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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 ...
OPINION: Perhaps the first viral digital hoax, we celebrate white Juneteenth with a long-overdue response to the (fake) Willie Lynch Letter explaining the invention of whiteness. The post ‘Will ...
An enslaver by the name of Willie Lynch was said to have allegedly written a pamphlet that widely circulated instructing enslavers on how to use brutality to control enslaved people. "The Willie ...
But again, if the speech is a 20th century fabrication, then a copyright does apply (however unlikely that someone could actually enforce it). -- Gyrofrog 22:22, 22 October 2005 (UTC) ALL assertions to the speech DATE FROM 1712, there isn't ANY PROOF OF IT BEING A 20TH CENTURY FABRICATION - WHY SHOULD THIS BE SO DIFFICULT.
Two Americans during this era are generally credited for coining the phrase: Charles Lynch (1736–1796) and William Lynch (1742–1820), both of whom lived in Virginia in the 1780s. [8] Charles Lynch is more likely to have coined the phrase, as he was known to have used the term in 1782, while William Lynch is not known to have used the term ...
Freedom of speech and debate in Congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Congress, and the members of Congress shall be protected in their persons from arrests or imprisonments, during the time of their going to and from, and attendance on Congress, except for treason, felony, or breach of the peace. [1]