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  2. List of lynching victims in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Nearly 3,500 African Americans and 1,300 whites were lynched in the United States between 1882 and 1968. [1] Most lynchings were of African-American men in the Southern United States, but women were also lynched. More than 73 percent of lynchings in the post–Civil War period occurred in the Southern states. [2]

  3. Category:Lynching deaths in South Carolina - Wikipedia

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    A lynching is an extrajudicial killing by a mob, and is not limited to deaths by hanging. Pages in category "Lynching deaths in South Carolina" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.

  4. African Americans in South Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Klan activity in South Carolina was much more predominant in the upstate where the African American population was not as heavy. Between 1882 and 1968, there were 4,743 reported lynching in South Carolina. Many historians, however, reject the validity of this number, asserting that as many as 60% of lynchings were unreported or undocumented. [54]

  5. Lynching in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Mexicans were lynched at a rate of 27.4 per 100,000 of population between 1880 and 1930. This statistic was second only to that of the African American community, which endured an average of 37.1 per 100,000 of population during that period. Between 1848 and 1879, Mexicans were lynched at an unprecedented rate of 473 per 100,000 of population. [27]

  6. Category : Lynching deaths in the United States by state

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    Lynching deaths in South Carolina (9 P) T. Lynching deaths in Tennessee (22 P) Lynching deaths in Texas (29 P) U. Lynching deaths in Utah (8 P) V. Lynching deaths in ...

  7. Hanging in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the South, tensions arising from Reconstruction led to several lynchings. Scholars estimate that 4,742 total people, mostly male, were lynched from 1882 to 1968. About 3,445 of those individuals were African American and 1,297 were white. [14]

  8. Benjamin Tillman - Wikipedia

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    In about half of the lynchings in South Carolina between 1881 and 1895, there were claims that the black victim had raped or tried to rape a white woman. More lynchings took place in South Carolina in the 1890s than in any other decade, and in Edgefield and several other counties, such killings outnumbered lawful executions. [80] Tillman in 1892

  9. Newberry 1919 lynching attempt - Wikipedia

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    The Newberry 1919 lynching attempt was the attempted lynching of ... where an estimated 100 to 240 black people and 5 white people were killed. ... South Carolina: ...