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The Red Record: Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the United States
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The Crusade Justified
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What is Wells's central argument for why she took her anti-lynching campaign to England rather than confining it to American audiences?
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She believed English audiences would pay more for lectures
B
American opinion had been silent for years, but placing the facts before the world made governors, editors, and clergy answer for lynching "because the entire American people now feel... that they are objects in the gaze of the civilized world"
C
She wanted to permanently relocate to England
D
English law allowed her to sue Southern newspapers for libel
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