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The Red Record: Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the United States
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Lynched for Anything or Nothing
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What was Dave Jackson of Abita, Louisiana, lynched for, and what does Wells note about the ordinary legal penalty for that offense?
A
Wife beating, an offense which "in nearly all communities... is punishable with a fine," and "in no community is it made a felony"
B
Murder, which normally carries the death penalty by law as well
C
Theft of livestock, ordinarily a misdemeanor
D
Trespassing on private property
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