Lynch-law; an investigation into the history of lynching in the United States

by James Elbert Cutler

[181]. Sir Charles Lyell, who was in Macon, Georgia, a short time after this occurred, gives an account of it in his book, “A Second Visit to the United States of America” (1850), II, 31–32.

[182]. Liberator, Oct. 19, 1855 (25: 168).

[183]. During the period 1830–1860 the word “slick” was occasionally used at places in the Mississippi Valley, in the same sense as “lynch.” See Liberator, Oct. 3, 1835 (5: 157), and compare Niles’ Register, Oct. 5, 1833 (45: 87).

[184]. Liberator, Sept. 14, 1860 (30: 146).

[185]. See Liberator, Oct. 2, 1857 (27: 160).

[186]. See Liberator, Aug. 24, 1860 (30: 160).

[187]. See Liberator, Jan. 18, 1856 (26: 12).

[188]. Liberator, Oct. 16, 1857 (27: 167).

[189]. Liberator, Sept. 24, 1858 (28: 155).

[190]. Liberator, April 3, 1857 (27: 56).