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The Red Record: Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the United States
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According to Wells, what changed about violence against Black people after emancipation?
A
Under slavery an owner's financial interest restrained him from killing a valuable slave; after emancipation, that restraint vanished and killing replaced whipping as the mode of control
B
Violence decreased because the law now protected all citizens equally
C
Violence became confined entirely to disputes over land ownership
D
Lynching only began after the passage of Jim Crow laws in the 1890s
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